迷宫 (mí gōng) — labyrinth; maze

Definition

noun
labyrinthmaze
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 迷宫。
    Zhè ge mí gōng hěn nán zǒu chū qù.
    This maze is hard to get out of.
  • ，迷宫。
    Wǒ zài zhè zuò chéng shì lǐ mí lù le, jiù xiàng zǒu jìn le yí gè mí gōng.
    I got lost in this city, as if I had walked into a maze.
  • 迷宫，。
    Huā yuán lǐ yǒu yí gè hěn dà de mí gōng, xiǎo péng yǒu hěn xǐ huan zài lǐ miàn wán.
    There is a large maze in the garden; children love to play inside it.

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.

迷míconfusing; bewildering
宫gōngpalace

迷 suggests confusing or bewildering, and 宫 names a palace, giving the image of a bewildering palace.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
米
米mǐ迷mí
Same sound today

迷 uses 辵, the walking part, and 米, which gives the sound.

Open 迷 →

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 →
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