錦官城
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See also: 锦官城
Chinese[edit]
brocade officer | (walled) city | ||
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trad. (錦官城) | 錦官 | 城 | |
simp. (锦官城) | 锦官 | 城 |
Etymology[edit]
From a Han-era office instituted to oversee the quality and supply of the city's then-popular brocade.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Jǐnguanchéng
- Wade–Giles: Chin3-kuan1-chʻêng2
- Yale: Jǐn-gwān-chéng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiinguancherng
- Palladius: Цзиньгуаньчэн (Czinʹguanʹčɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam2 gun1 sing4
- Yale: gám gūn sìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam2 gun1 sing4
- Guangdong Romanization: gem2 gun1 xing4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: kimX kwan dzyeng
Proper noun[edit]
錦官城
- (informal or literary, obsolete) "City of the Brocade Official", a former nickname of Chengdu, Sichuan.