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): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄍㄨㄥ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • 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: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄍㄨㄥㄦ
    • 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

1. (literary) crown prince's palace
2. (literary, metonymically) crown prince
3. erotic drawing; erotic scene
4. (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

1. (historical) A palace in the Zhou dynasty.