十二宮

Chinese

		twelve; 12	palace; uterus
trad. (十二宮)		十二	宮
simp. (十二宫)		十二	宫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shí'èrgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ ji⁶ gung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shí'èrgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíh-èrgong
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-êrh⁴-kung¹
  - Yale: shŕ-èr-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrellgong
  - Palladius: шиэргун (šiergun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ ji⁶ gung¹
  - Yale: sahp yih gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ ji⁶ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ yi⁶ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² jiː²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

十二宮

(astrology) twelve signs of the zodiac

Derived terms

黃道十二宮 / 黄道十二宫 (huángdào shí'èrgōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
十	二	宮
じゅう Grade: 1	に Grade: 1	きゅう Grade: 3
goon		kan'on

Etymology

十二 (“twelve”) +‎ 宮 (“sign”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゅうにきゅう [jùúníꜜkyùù] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨːɲ̟ikʲɨː]

Noun

十(じゅう)二(に)宮(きゅう) • (jūnikyū) ^{←じふにきゆう (zifunikyuu)^?}

(astrology) clipping of 黄道十二宮 (kōdō jūnikyū, “twelve zodiac signs”)