春宮

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	palace; uterus
trad. (春宮)		春	宮
simp. (春宫)		春	宫

Etymology

In ancient China, the crown prince's palace is in the east, which is associated with spring in Wu Xing. The sense “erotic drawing” is from the Song-dynasty 《春宮祕戲圖》.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūngōng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ gung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-kiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūngōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chungong
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-kung¹
  - Yale: chwūn-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuengong
  - Palladius: чуньгун (čunʹgun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (春宮兒／春宫儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūngōngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄍㄨㄥㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chungongr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-kung¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: chwūn-gūngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuengongl
  - Palladius: чуньгунр (čunʹgunr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ kʊ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ gung¹
  - Yale: chēun gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: tshun-kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhunkiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³ kiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

春宮

(literary) crown prince's palace
(literary, metonymically) crown prince
erotic drawing; erotic scene
(historical) palace of Qingdi (青帝, god of spring in Chinese legendaries)

Synonyms

(crown prince's palace): 東宮／东宫 (dōnggōng), 青宮／青宫
(erotic drawing): 祕戲圖／秘戏图, 春宮圖／春宫图 (chūngōngtú), 春畫／春画 (chūnhuà), 春冊／春册

Derived terms

春宮圖／春宫图 (chūngōngtú)
活春宮／活春宫 (huóchūngōng)

Proper noun

春宮

(historical) A palace in the Zhou dynasty.