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宫殿

gōng diàn

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 宮殿 Measure word 座

What 宫殿 means

1. palace

The characters in 宫殿

• 宫gōngpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 殿diànpalace hall

Example sentences

• 他出生在一个宫殿里，那宫殿已经不存在了。
  Tā chūshēng zài yī gè gōngdiàn lǐ, nà gōngdiàn yǐjīng bù cúnzài le.
  He was born in a palace that isn't there any more.
• 远离宫殿的北方及南方是平民、商人、工艺师傅和工人。
  Yuǎnlí gōngdiàn de běifāng jí nánfāng shì píngmín, shāngrén, gōngyì shīfu hé gōngrén.
  Farther from the palace and to its north and south were the commoners, merchants, artisans, and laborers.

Sounds the same

Read gōng diàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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