中宮

中宮

See also: 中宫

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	palace; uterus
trad. (中宮)		中	宮
simp. (中宫)		中	宫
anagram		宮中／宫中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōnggōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhōnggōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonggong
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ gung¹
    • Yale: jūng gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ gung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

中宮

1. empress consort
2. residence of an empress (Japan)
3. (CJK typography) the internal spaciousness of a character, which affects the spacing between strokes

Synonyms

• (empress consort): 皇后 (huánghòu)

See also

• (typography)
  • 字懷／字怀 (zìhuái)
  • Japanese: 懐 (ふところ) (futokoro), 重 (じゅう)心 (しん) (jūshin)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	宮
ちゅう Grade: 1	ぐう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

中宮 (hiragana ちゅうぐう, rōmaji chūgū)

1. residence of an empress
2. empress consort

Related terms

• 皇 (こう)后 (ごう) (kōgō), another position translated as empress consort

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Korean

Hanja in this term
中	宮

Noun

中宮 • (junggung) (hangeul 중궁)

1. Hanja form^? of 중궁 (“empress consort”).