後宮

See also: 后宫

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	palace; uterus
trad. (後宮)		後	宮
simp. (后宫)		后	宫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòugōng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ gung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-kiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòugōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòugong
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-kung¹
  - Yale: hòu-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howgong
  - Palladius: хоугун (xougun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ gung¹
  - Yale: hauh gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxkiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁴¹⁻²² kiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

後宮

residence of imperial wives and concubines
(by extension) imperial wives and concubines
(ACG) harem

Synonyms

宮闈／宫闱 (gōngwéi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	宮
こう Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

後(こう)宮(きゅう) • (kōkyū)

the inner palace

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