十二宮

Chinese

		twelve; 12	palace; uterus
trad. (十二宮)		十二	宮
simp. (十二宫)		十二	宫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shí'èrgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ ji⁶ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí'èrgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh-èrgong
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-êrh⁴-kung¹
    • Yale: shŕ-èr-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrellgong
    • Palladius: шиэргун (šiergun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ ji⁶ gung¹
    • Yale: sahp yih gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ ji⁶ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ yi⁶ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² jiː²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

十二宮

1. (astrology) twelve signs of the zodiac

Derived terms

• 黃道十二宮／黄道十二宫 (huángdào shí'èrgōng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
十	二	宮
じゅう Grade: 1	に Grade: 1	きゅう Grade: 3
goon		kan’on

Etymology

十二 (“twelve”) +‎ 宮 (“sign”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じゅうに​きゅう [jùúníꜜkyùù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨᵝːɲ̟ikʲɨᵝː]

Noun

十(じゅう)二(に)宮(きゅう) • (jūnikyū) ^{←じふにきゆう (zifunikyuu)?}

1. (astrology) Clipping of 黄道十二宮 (kōdō jūnikyū, “twelve zodiac signs”).