| 阿房宫 |
Ē páng Gōng |
Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1] |
| 阿 |
Ā |
abbr. for country names that begin with 阿: Algeria 阿尔及利亚, Afghanistan 阿富汗 etc |
| 阿 |
ā |
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4] |
| 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 |