PALACE    宮殿

BIG PUBLIC-BUILDING USED as a DWELLING by a RULER OR an ARISTOCRAT.
ROYAL/OFFICIAL RESIDENCECASTLECHâtEAUMANSIONSTATELY HOMESCHLOSS
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a palace is gōng 宮, often expanded to wáng gōng 王宮 "royal palace". 2. Gōng diàn 宮殿 is generic. NB: For the palace as the place for official functions see COURT.
Modern Chinese Criteria
宮殿 宮 殿 玉堂 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • PUBLIC BUILDING　BUILDING USED by OFFICIALS FOR WORK. (anc: 6/0, child: 7)
  • BUILDING　BIG ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS to DWELL in OR BE-IN, or MOVE ON. (anc: 5/0, child: 23)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 94

  • 中華古代文化辭典 Zhonghua gudai wenhua cidian ( QIAN YULIN 1996) p. 529-539

  • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

    PALAST

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 104

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 105

    • Words (17 items)

    宮  gōng OC: kuŋ MC: kuŋ 20 Attributions

    The standard word for a palace is gōng 宮, often expanded to wáng gōng 王宮 "royal palace". 2. Gōng diàn 宮殿 is generic.

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 殿/BUILDING Diàn 殿 is a large and high hall, often for audiences, in the palace or in the temple. In this meaning the word came to be used in the late Warring States, and in Han times it replaced the term táng 堂.
    • Assoc: 殿/PUBLIC BUILDING Diàn 殿 is used from Warring States times onwards to refer to the táng 堂 of earlier times.
    • Assoc: 室/PALACE

      Syntactic words
    • npalace 宮婦　宮中七市"three markets in the palace compound"
    • n(post-N)the contextually determinate palaceDS
    • n{PLACE}adVin the palace
    宮殿  gōng diàn OC: kuŋ dɯɯns MC: kuŋ den 9 Attributions

    Gōng diàn 宮殿 is generic.

      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialpalaces
    • NPpluralpalaces of all kinds
    王宮  wáng gōng OC: ɢʷaŋ kuŋ MC: ɦi̯ɐŋ kuŋ 6 Attributions

    The standard word for a palace is gōng 宮, often expanded to wáng gōng 王宮 "royal palace". 2. Gōng diàn 宮殿 is generic.

      Syntactic words
    • NProyal palace
    室  shì OC: qhljiɡ MC: ɕit 6 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 宮/PALACE The standard word for a palace is gōng 宮, often expanded to wáng gōng 王宮 "royal palace". 2. Gōng diàn 宮殿 is generic.

      Syntactic words
    • npluraldistinguished buildings> palaces
    • npost-NN=masspalace made of NDS
    宮室  gōng shì OC: kuŋ qhljiɡ MC: kuŋ ɕit 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPpalace
    • NP(post-N)(their) palacesCH
    • NPpluralpalaces
    宮闕  gōng què, quē OC: kuŋ khod MC: kuŋ khi̯ɐt 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialpalace buildings
    公  gōng OC: klooŋ MC: kuŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nthe office/palace (scil. of the duke)
    殿堂  diàn táng OC: dɯɯns daaŋ MC: den dɑŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialsumptuous large buildings
    殿屋  diàn wū OC: dɯɯns qooɡ MC: den ʔuk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralpalace buildings of all kinds
    後宮  hòu gōng MC: huwX kjuwng OC: ɡooʔ kuŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPinner courts of the rulerDS
    宮觀  gōng guàn OC: kuŋ koons MC: kuŋ kʷɑn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralpalaces
    帝宇  dì yǔ OC: k-leeɡs ɢʷraʔ MC: tei ɦi̯o 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPimperial palace
    內  nèi OC: nuubs MC: nuo̝i 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nimperial palace
    玉堂  yù táng OC: ŋɡoɡ daaŋ MC: ŋi̯ok dɑŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPelaborate palace (DCD specifies many specific references)
    夏  xià OC: ɡraaʔ MC: ɦɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nSHI: large palace
    廷宮  tíng gōng OC: deeŋ kuŋ MC: deŋ kuŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralthe palaces
    禁  jìn OC: krɯms MC: kim 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nforbidden inner recesses of the palace