王宫 (wáng gōng) — imperial palace; royal palace

Definition

noun
imperial palaceroyal palace
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 王宫
    Zhè zuò wáng gōng jiàn yú míng cháo, lì shǐ yōu jiǔ.
    This imperial palace was built in the Ming dynasty and has a long history.
  • 王宫
    Yóu kè men cān guān le wáng gōng de gè gè diàn yǔ.
    The tourists visited every hall in the royal palace.
  • 王宫
    Cóng shān dǐng kě yǐ fǔ kàn zhěng gè wáng gōng.
    From the mountaintop you can look down over the entire imperial 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.

gōngpalace

王 names the ruler and 宫 names the residence, giving the palace of a king.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 王 comes from a picture of a ritual axe, an object kept near a throne and connected with royal power.

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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.

  • mián

The traditional form 宮 is built from 宀 and 呂.

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