北宮

See also: 北宫

Chinese

		north	palace; uterus
trad. (北宮)		北	宮
simp. (北宫)		北	宫

Etymology

Literally: the northern palace

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běigōng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Běigōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Běigong
  - Wade–Giles: Pei³-kung¹
  - Yale: Běi-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeigong
  - Palladius: Бэйгун (Bɛjgun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ gung¹
  - Yale: bāk gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

北宮

(archaic) one of the palace buildings in Luoyang during the Eastern Han Dynasty

References

Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 3 (overall work in Mandarin and English)