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Trad. 宮
- palace
- temple
- castration (as corporal punishment)
- first note in pentatonic scale
Trad. 春宮
- Crown Prince's chambers
- by extension, the Crown Prince
- erotic picture
Trad. 仙宮
- underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology
Trad. 天宮
- Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor)
- Tiangong, Chinese space station program
Trad. 冷宮
- (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor
- (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor
Trad. 宮城
- Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
Trad. 故宮
- the Forbidden City
- abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院[Gu4 gong1 Bo2 wu4 yuan4]
Trad. 阿房宮
- Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]
- also pr. [E1fang2 Gong1]
Trad. 十二宮
- the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]
Trad. 少年宮
- Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
Trad. 南宮市
- Nangong, a county-level city in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei
Trad. 指南宮
- Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅[Mu4 zha4], Taipei
Trad. 虛宮格
- four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
Trad. 九宮山
- Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei
Trad. 龍宮貝
- Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan
Trad. 宮城縣
- Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
Trad. 二進宮
- name of a famous opera
- (slang) to go to jail for a second offense
Trad. 幾進宮
- (slang) to have served several sentences; recidivist; old lag
Trad. 瀋陽故宮
- Mukden Palace, aka Shenyang Imperial Palace, the main imperial palace during the early years of the Qing dynasty (1625-1644), a secondary palace in subsequent years, now a museum
Trad. 凡爾賽宮
- the Palace of Versailles, France
Trad. 含宮咀徵
- (idiom) permeated with beautiful music
Trad. 魔宮傳奇
- The Name of the Rose, 1986 movie based on the novel by Umberto Eco
Trad. 宮保雞丁
- Kung Pao Chicken
- spicy diced chicken
Trad. 宮崎吾朗
- Miyazaki Gorō (1967-), Japanese film director
Trad. 打入冷宮
- (idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history
Trad. 宮澤喜一
- Kiichi Miyazawa (1919-2007), former Japanese prime minister
Trad. 宮爆雞丁
- gong bao chicken
- spicy diced chicken
Trad. 大鬧天宮
- Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Trad. 愛麗舍宮
- Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic
Trad. 布達拉宮
- Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
Trad. 子宮肌瘤
- fibroid tumor of the uterus
- hysteromyoma
Trad. 蟾宮折桂
- lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)
- fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
Trad. 平安神宮
- Heian Jingū or Heian Shrine, in Kyōto, Japan
Trad. 博格多汗宮
- the Palace of the Bogdo Khan in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Trad. 九宮格數獨
- sudoku (puzzle game)
Trad. 黃道十二宮
- see 十二宮|十二宫[shi2 er4 gong1]
Trad. 宮內節育器
- intrauterine device (IUD)
Trad. 宮商角徵羽
- pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
Trad. 故宮博物院
- Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing
- National Palace Museum, Taipei
Trad. 子宮頸抹片
- cervical smear (Tw)
Trad. 子宮內避孕器
- intrauterine device (IUD)
Trad. 子宮內膜異位症
- (medicine) endometriosis