北宮

See also: 北宫

Chinese

		north	palace; uterus
trad. (北宮)		北	宮
simp. (北宫)		北	宫

Etymology

Literally: the northern palace

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běigōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běigōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běigong
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-kung¹
    • Yale: Běi-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeigong
    • Palladius: Бэйгун (Bɛjgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ gung¹
    • Yale: bāk gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

北宮

1. (archaic) one of the palace buildings in Luoyang during the Eastern Han Dynasty

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 3 (overall work in Mandarin and English)