宮室

See also: 宫室

Chinese

		palace; uterus	room
trad. (宮室)		宮	室
simp. (宫室)		宫	室

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngshì, gōngshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕˋ, ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongshìh
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: gūng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongshyh
    • Palladius: гунши (gunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 公事 公室 公式 公示 宮室／宫室 工事 攻勢／攻势

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-shih³
    • Yale: gūng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongshyy
    • Palladius: гунши (gunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 公使 宮室／宫室 弓矢

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ sat¹
    • Yale: gūng sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuwng syit

Rime
Character	宮	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居戎切	式質切
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯uŋ/	/ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiōng	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung1	sat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k(r)uŋ  s.ti[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuŋ  hliɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宮	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ kjuwng ›	‹ syit ›
Old Chinese	/*k(r)uŋ/	/*s.ti[t]/
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. *[t] 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	宮	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4147	17374
Phonetic component	宮	至
Rime group	終	質
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	弓	失
Old Chinese	/*kuŋ/	/*hliɡ/

Noun

宮室

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

Synonyms

• (imperial palace): 宮廷／宫廷 (gōngtíng)
• (house):

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• 住宅 (zhùzhái)
• 住屋 (zhùwū)
• 住房 (zhùfáng)
• 住所 (zhùsuǒ)
• 住處／住处 (zhùchù)
• 宅第 (⁸zaq-di) (Wu)
• 宅舍 (zháishè) (literary)
• 宮／宫 (gōng) (archaic)
• 家室 (jiāshì)
• 家居 (jiājū)
• 家屋 (jiāwū) (literary)
• 寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 寓所 (yùsuǒ) (formal)
• 居室 (jūshì)
• 居所 (jūsuǒ)
• 屋子 (wūzi) (colloquial)
• 屋宇 (wūyǔ) (literary)
• 屋舍 (wūshè) (literary or Hakka)
• 房子 (fángzi)
• 房宇 (fángyǔ) (literary)
• 房屋 (fángwū)
• 房舍 (fángshè) (literary)
• 棟／栋 (dòng) (literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宮室):

• → Japanese: 宮(きゅう)室(しつ) (kyūshitsu)
• → Korean: 궁실(宮室) (gungsil)