中國城

Chinese

		middle country; central country; China	city walls; city; town
trad. (中國城)		中國	城
simp. (中国城)		中国	城

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “first usage? sounds like some horrid unnecessary calque from English with mainland characteristics”)
Likely a calque of English Chinatown

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngguóchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gwok³ seng⁴ / zung¹ gwok³ sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiong-kok-siâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngguóchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongguóchéng
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-kuo²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: jūng-gwó-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonggwocherng
    • Palladius: чжунгочэн (čžungočɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ gwok³ seng⁴ / zung¹ gwok³ sing⁴
    • Yale: jūng gwok sèhng / jūng gwok sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gwok⁸ seng⁴ / dzung¹ gwok⁸ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ guog³ séng⁴ / zung¹ guog³ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ sɛːŋ²¹/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-kok-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tiong-kok-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongkoksviaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ siã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siã²³/

Noun

中國城

1. Chinatown

Synonyms

• 中華街／中华街 (Zhōnghuájiē) (in Yokohama and Nagasaki)
• 唐人埠 (Tángrénbù) (in San Francisco)
• 唐人街 (tángrénjiē)
• 堤岸 (dī'àn) (in Ho Chi Minh City)
• 大唐街 (dàtángjiē) (obsolete)
• 牛車水／牛车水 (Niúchēshuǐ) (in Singapore)
• 華埠／华埠 (huábù) (literary)