獅城

Chinese

		lion	city walls; city; town
trad. (獅城)		獅	城
simp. (狮城)		狮	城

Etymology 1

Calque of Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhapura).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shīchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sai-siâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shīchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shihchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Shih¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Shr̄-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shycherng
    • Palladius: Шичэн (Šičɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: sī sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sai-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Sai-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saisviaa
    • IPA (Singapore): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² siã²⁴/

Proper noun

獅城

1. Alternative name for 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō, “Singapore”): Lion City

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 新加坡 (“Singapore”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		新加坡
Mandarin	Taiwan	新加坡
	Malaysia	新加坡, 新國
	Singapore	新加坡, 星洲 nickname, 獅城 nickname, 小紅點 nickname, 石叻 dated, 石叻埠 dated, 叻埠 dated
Cantonese	Guangzhou	星加坡, 叻埠
	Hong Kong	新加坡, 星加坡, 星國, 星洲 nickname, 叻埠 dated
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	星加坡
	Penang (Guangfu)	星加坡
	Singapore (Guangfu)	星加坡
Southern Min	Xiamen	新加坡, 石叻 dated
	Quanzhou	新加坡
	Zhangzhou	新加坡
	Penang (Hokkien)	新加坡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	新加坡, 獅城, 石叻 dated
	Manila (Hokkien)	新加坡
	Jieyang	石叻 dated, 叻埠 dated
	Singapore (Teochew)	新加坡
	Singapore (Hainanese)	新加坡
Wu	Shanghai	新加坡

Etymology 2

From the city's cultural icon, the Iron Lion of Cangzhou.

The Iron Lion of Cangzhou.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shīchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shīchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shihchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Shih¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Shr̄-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shycherng
    • Palladius: Шичэн (Šičɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: sī sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

獅城

1. Alternative name for 滄州／沧州 (Cāngzhōu, “Cangzhou”).

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from a lion-shaped hill/mountain in Zhouning?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shīchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shīchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shihchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Shih¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Shr̄-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shycherng
    • Palladius: Шичэн (Šičɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: sī sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

獅城

1. (～鎮) Shicheng (a town in Zhouning, Ningde, Fujian, China)

Etymology 4

Calque of Latin Leopolis.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shīchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shīchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shihchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Shih¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Shr̄-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shycherng
    • Palladius: Шичэн (Šičɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: sī sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

獅城

1. Alternative name for 利沃夫 (Lìwòfū, “Lviv”).