gōng

palace, temple, dwelling, enclose

DEFINITIONS

  • palace, temple, dwelling, enclose
  • surname Gong
  • palace
  • temple
  • castration (as corporal punishment)
  • first note in pentatonic scale

WORDS

白金漢 bái jīn hàn gōng Buckingham Palace
huáng gōng imperial palace
盧浮 lú fú gōng the Louvre, museum in Paris
紫微 zǐ wēi gōng palace of Jade emperor (in Taoism)
羅浮 luó fú gōng the Louvre, museum in Paris (Tw)
美泉 měi quán gōng Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna
bāo gōng uterus; womb
zì gōng to castrate oneself
萬國 wàn guó gōng Palais des Nations
格 xū gōng gé four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
折桂 chán gōng zhé guì lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon); fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
xíng gōng temporary imperial residence
mí gōng maze; labyrinth
jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail
bī gōng to force the king or emperor to abdicate
阿房 ē fáng gōng Efang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; also pr. [E1 pang2 Gong1]
雍和 yōng hé gōng Yonghe Temple; Lama Temple (Beijing)
lí gōng detached palace; imperial villa
mó gōng lit. devils' castle; place occupied by sinister forces
傳奇 mó gōng chuán qí The Name of the Rose, 1986 movie based on the novel by Umberto Eco
魯佛爾 lǔ fú ěr gōng the Louvre
黃道十二 huáng dào shí èr gōng see 十二宮|十二宫[shi2 er4 gong1]
lóng gōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
貝 lóng gōng bèi Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan
ān gōng An Gong (a term referring to a temple or shrine)