子宮

子宮

See also: 子宫

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight	palace; uterus
trad. (子宮)		子	宮
simp. (子宫)		子	宫
Literally: “palace for the child”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-kiûng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chú-kiong / chír-kiong / chí-kiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze² gêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǐgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyygong
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gung¹
    • Yale: jí gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-kiûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` giung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ giung¹
    • IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ ki̯uŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-kiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-kiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw'kiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír-kiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsír-kiong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-kiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-kiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'kiofng
    • IPA (Philippines): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze² gêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ́ kéng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ keŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

子宮

1. womb; uterus

   子宮穿孔 / 子宫穿孔  ―  zǐgōng chuānkǒng  ―  uterine perforation

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 血母

Derived terms

子宮內膜／子宫内膜 (zǐgōng nèimó) 子宮刮除術／子宫刮除术 子宮外孕／子宫外孕

子宮癌／子宫癌 (zǐgōng'ái) 子宮頸／子宫颈 (zǐgōngjǐng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (子宮):

• → Japanese: 子 (し)宮 (きゅう) (shikyū)
• → Korean: 자궁 (子宮, jagung)
• → Vietnamese: tử cung (子宮)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
子	宮
し Grade: 1	きゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 子宮

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) しきゅう [shìkyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕi̥kʲɨᵝː]

Noun

子宮 (hiragana しきゅう, rōmaji shikyū)

1. a womb; a uterus

Derived terms

• 子宮外妊娠
• 子宮癌
• 子宮筋腫
• 子宮內膜

• 子宮後屈
• 子宮摘出
• 子宮頸

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
子	宮

Noun

子宮 • (jagung, McCune-Reischauer: chagung, Yale: cakwung) (hangeul 자궁)

1. Hanja form^? of 자궁 (“womb”).