| 故宫博物院 |
Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn |
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei |
| 故 |
gù |
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead |
| 故宫 |
Gù gōng |
the Forbidden City / abbr. for 故宫博物院 |
| 故宫 |
gù gōng |
former imperial palace |
| 宫 |
Gōng |
surname Gong |
| 宫 |
gōng |
palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale |
| 博 |
bó |
(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide / to win; to gain / to play; to gamble / learned; well-read / (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士) / (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客) |
| 博 |
bó |
old variant of 博 |
| 博物 |
bó wù |
natural science |
| 博物院 |
bó wù yuàn |
museum |
| 物 |
wù |
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself |
| 院 |
yuàn |
courtyard / institution / CL:个 |