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城池

城池

Chinese

		city walls; city; town	pond; reservoir
simp. and trad. (城池)		城	池

Noun

城池

(archaic) a walled city with a moat
(archaic) a city in general

Etymology

城 (city) + 池 (moat)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chéngchí

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄔˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ ci⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-chhṳ̀
Min Nan (POJ): siâⁿ-tî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: chéngchí
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄔˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengrchyr
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ ci⁴
  - Yale: sìhng chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ tsi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-chhṳ̀
  - Hakka Romanization System: sangˇ ciiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang² ci²
  - IPA: /saŋ¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-tî
  - Tâi-lô: siânn-tî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svia'dii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiã²⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiã²⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiã¹³⁻²² ti¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiã²⁴⁻¹¹ ti²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiã²³⁻³³ ti²³/