| 阿房宫 |
Ē páng Gōng |
Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 / also pr. [E1fang2 Gong1] |
| 阿 |
ā |
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗 "Afghanistan" |
| 阿 |
ē |
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with |
| 房 |
Fáng |
surname Fang |
| 房 |
fáng |
house / room / CL:间 / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) |
| 宫 |
Gōng |
surname Gong |
| 宫 |
gōng |
palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale |