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後宮

後宮

See also: 后宫

Chinese

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

Noun

後宮

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

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

後宮 ‎(hiragana こうきゅう, romaji kōkyū)

the inner palace

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hòugōng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ gung¹
Min Nan (POJ): hō͘-kiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hòugōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howgong
  - IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ gung¹
  - Yale: hauh gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ gung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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/