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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 故宫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
故宫 gù gōng - the Forbidden City
- abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院[Gu4 gong1 Bo2 wu4 yuan4]
故宫 gù gōng - former imperial palace

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 12,603 11,736

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
故 gù- happening
- instance
- reason
- cause
- intentional
- former
- old
- friend
- therefore
- hence
- (of people) to die, dead
宫 gōng- surname Gong
宫 gōng- palace
- temple
- castration (as corporal punishment)
- first note in pentatonic scale

Other Words Containing 故宫

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo