子宮

See also: 子宫

Chinese

Etymology 1

	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	palace; uterus
trad. (子宮)	子	宮
simp. (子宫)	子	宫
Literally: “palace for the child”.

Attested in 千金翼方 [c. 682] by Tang dynasty physician Sun Simiao.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi² gung¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): du² guung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-kiûng

(Hailu, HRS): zii^ˊ giung^ˋ
Jin (Wiktionary): zi² gung¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chú-kiong / chír-kiong / chí-kiong

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze² gêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhgong
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-kung¹
  - Yale: dž-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyygong
  - Palladius: цзыгун (czygun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² gung¹
  - Yale: jí gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: du² guung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ kɵŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-kiûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ giung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ giung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ ki̯uŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ giung^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻³³ kiuŋ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zi² gung¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁵³ kuŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw'kiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsír-kiong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'kiofng
  - IPA (Philippines): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɔŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze² gêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ́ keng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ keŋ³³/

Noun

子宮

womb; uterus
子宮穿孔／子宫穿孔 ― zǐgōng chuānkǒng ― uterine perforation

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 子宮 (“womb; uterus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		子宮
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	子宮
Cantonese	Hong Kong	子宮
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	子宮
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	子宮
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	子宮
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	子宮
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	子宮
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	子宮
Huizhou	Jixi	兒袋
Jin	Taiyuan	子宮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	血母
Southern Min	Xiamen	子宮, 血母 dated
	Quanzhou	子宮
	Zhangzhou	子宮
	Tainan	子宮, 生囝袋 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

子宮內膜 / 子宫内膜 (zǐgōng nèimó)
子宮切除術 / 子宫切除术 (zǐgōng qièchúshù)
子宮刮除術 / 子宫刮除术
子宮喙 / 子宫喙 (Min Nan)
子宮壁 / 子宫壁
子宮外孕 / 子宫外孕 (zǐgōng wàiyùn)
子宮底 / 子宫底 (zǐgōngdǐ)
子宮環 / 子宫环 (zǐgōnghuán)
子宮癌 / 子宫癌 (zǐgōng'ái)
子宮肌瘤 / 子宫肌瘤 (zǐgōng jīliú)
子宮鏡 / 子宫镜 (zǐgōngjìng)
子宮頭 / 子宫头 (Min Nan)
子宮頸 / 子宫颈 (zǐgōngjǐng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (子宮):

→ Japanese: 子(し)宮(きゅう) (shikyū)
→ Korean: 자궁(子宮) (jagung)
→ Vietnamese: tử cung (子宮)

Etymology 2

	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	palace; uterus
trad. (子宮)	子	宮
simp. (子宫)	子	宫
Literally: “the first astrological sign”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-kiong / chír-kiong / chí-kiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhgong
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-kung¹
  - Yale: dž-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyygong
  - Palladius: цзыгун (czygun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² gung¹
  - Yale: jí gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw'kiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsír-kiong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-kiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'kiofng
  - IPA (Philippines): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɔŋ³³/

Noun

子宮

(obsolete) Aquarius
- 九坎四星黄赤道俱在子宮 [MSC, trad.]
  九坎四星黄赤道俱在子宫 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 《皇朝通志四庫全書本卷19》
  jiǔkǎn sì xīng huáng chìdào jù zài zǐgōng [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 大寒後日躔在子宮 [MSC, trad.]
  大寒后日躔在子宫 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 《欽定協紀辨方書四庫全書本卷32》
  dàhán hòu rìchán zài zǐgōng [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 齊者子宮也吳者丑宮也 [MSC, trad.]
  齐者子宫也吴者丑宫也 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 《皇朝通志四庫全書本卷9》
  qí zhě zǐgōng yě wú zhě chǒugōng yě [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 寶瓶子宮三十日 [MSC, trad.]
  宝瓶子宫三十日 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 《明史卷37》
  bǎopíng zǐgōng sānshí rì [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
子	宮
し Grade: 1	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 子宮 / 子宫 (zǐgōng).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しきゅう [shìkyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕi̥kʲɨː]

Homophones: 至急, 支給, 四球, 死球

Noun

子(し)宮(きゅう) • (shikyū)

womb; uterus

Derived terms

子宮外妊娠
子宮癌
子宮筋腫
子宮內膜
子宮後屈
子宮摘出
子宮頸

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
子	宮

Noun

子宮 • (jagung or McCune-Reischauer: chagung or Yale: cakwung) (hangeul 자궁)

hanja form^? of 자궁 (“womb”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
子	宮

Noun

子宮

chữ Hán form of tử cung (“womb; uterus”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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