宫门 (gōng mén) — palace gate | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

palace gate

Measure word · 道

Examples

宫门。
Yóu kè cóng gōng mén zǒu jìn gù gōng.
Tourists enter the Forbidden City through the palace gate.
宫门。
Zhè zuò gōng mén yǐ jīng yǒu liù bǎi nián de lì shǐ le.
This palace gate already has a history of six hundred years.
宫门。
Tā men zhàn zài gōng mén qián pāi zhào liú niàn.
They stood in front of the palace gate to take a commemorative photo.

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 (palace) specifies 门 (gate), meaning the gate of a 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.

宀呂宮

宀宀mián
呂呂lǚ

The traditional form 宮 is built from 宀 and 呂.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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