冷宮

Chinese

		cold	palace; uterus
trad. (冷宮)		冷	宮
simp. (冷宫)		冷	宫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěnggōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ gung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lâng-kiûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): léng-kiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěnggōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěnggong
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-kung¹
    • Yale: lěng-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leenggong
    • Palladius: лэнгун (lɛngun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laang⁵ gung¹
    • Yale: láahng gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lâng-kiûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lang´ giung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang¹ giung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯uŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-kiong
    • Tâi-lô: líng-kiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lefngkiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 冷宮

1. (historical) Cold Palace, where disfavored queens and concubines were banished
2. (figurative) place for people or things that are out of favor or forgotten; limbo