後宮

See also: 后宫

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	palace; uterus
trad. (後宮)		後	宮
simp. (后宫)		后	宫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòugōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ gung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-kiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòugōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòugong
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-kung¹
    • Yale: hòu-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howgong
    • Palladius: хоугун (xougun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ gung¹
    • Yale: hauh gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-kiong
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-kiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxkiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁴¹⁻²² kiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

後宮

1. residence of imperial wives and concubines
2. (by extension) imperial wives and concubines
3. (ACG) harem

Synonyms

• 宮闈／宫闱 (gōngwéi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	宮
こう Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

後(こう)宮(きゅう) • (kōkyū) 

1. the inner palace