宮室

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See also: 宫室

Chinese

palace; uterus room
trad. (宮室)
simp. (宫室)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (26)
Final () (2) (48)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter kjuwng syit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨuŋ/ /ɕiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiuŋ/ /ɕit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiuŋ/ /ɕjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kuwŋ/ /ɕit̚/
Li
Rong
/kiuŋ/ /ɕiĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/kĭuŋ/ /ɕĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯uŋ/ /ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiōng shi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gung1 sat1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gōng shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjuwng › ‹ syit ›
Old
Chinese
/*k(r)uŋ/ /*s.ti/
English dwelling; palace; note of scale chamber; house

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4147 17374
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kuŋ/ /*hliɡ/

Noun

宮室

  1. imperial palace; residence of the emperor
  2. (archaic) house; building

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宮室):