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宫中 (gōng zhōng) — within the palace; in the imperial palace

Definition

noun
within the palacein the imperial palace

Examples

  • 宫中。
    Huáng dì yǔ dà chén men zài gōng zhōng yì shì.
    The emperor and his ministers discussed affairs within the palace.
  • 宫中。
    gōng zhōng De gōng nǚ men měi tiān dōu yào zǎo qǐ dǎ sǎo.
    The palace maids had to get up early every day to clean.
  • 宫中。
    Zhè fú huà miáo huì de shì gōng zhōng de jǐng xiàng.
    This painting depicts the scene inside the palace.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

宫gōngpalace
中zhōnginside

宫 is the palace, and 中 is inside; together they mean within the palace.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 宮; 宫 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀mián
  • 呂呂lǚ

The traditional form 宮 is built from 宀 and 呂.

Open 宫 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

Open 中 →
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