西宮

See also: 西宫

Chinese

		west	palace
trad. (西宮)		西	宮
simp. (西宫)		西	宫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄍㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xīgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄍㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shigong
  - 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

Borrowed from Japanese 西宮 (Nishinomiya).

Proper noun

西宮

(～市) Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Japanese

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

Proper noun

西宮 (hiragana にしのみや, rōmaji Nishinomiya)

a place name, such as that of Nishinomiya City in Hyōgo Prefecture

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