西宮

See also: 西宫

Chinese

	west	palace; uterus
trad. (西宮)	西	宮
simp. (西宫)	西	宫
anagram	宮西／宫西

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄍㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sigong
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-kung¹
  - Yale: Syī-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shigong
  - Palladius: Сигун (Sigun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

The Western Palace was also known as the Taiji Palace (太極宮), and was located to the northwest of the capital at Chang'an. The Western Palace was one of several alternate palaces near the capital.

Proper noun

西宮

(literary, historical) the Western Palace (located to the northwest of the capital at Chang'an)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 西宮 (Nishinomiya).

Proper noun

西宮

(～市) Nishinomiya (a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	宮
にし Grade: 2	みや Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Proper noun

西宮(にしのみや) • (Nishinomiya)

Nishinomiya (a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)