春宮兒

Chinese

		crown prince's palace; crown prince	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (春宮兒)		春宮	兒
simp. (春宫儿)		春宫	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūngōngr

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄍㄨㄥㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūngōngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄍㄨㄥㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chungongr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-kung¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: chwūn-gūngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuengongl
    • Palladius: чуньгунр (čunʹgunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ kʊ̃ɻ⁵⁵/

Noun

春宮兒

1. (obsolete) (Mandarin) Erhua form of 春宮／春宫 (chūngōng, “erotic drawing”).

   • 昨兒我看見人家一本春宮兒，畫的很好，上頭還有許多的字。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     昨儿我看见人家一本春宫儿，画的很好，上头还有许多的字。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Zuór wǒ kànjiàn rénjia yī běn chūngōngr, huà de hěn hǎo, shàngtou hái yǒu xǔduō de zì. [Pinyin]

     Yesterday I saw someone's erotic drawing, which was well-drawn and had a lot of characters on it.