城中
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Chinese
| city walls; city; town | middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | ||
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| simp. and trad. (城中) |
城 | 中 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sing4 zung1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-chûng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâⁿ-tiong
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chéngjhong
- Wade–Giles: chʻêng2-chung1
- Yale: chéng-jūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngjong
- Palladius: чэнчжун (čɛnčžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sing4 zung1
- Yale: sìhng jūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sing4 dzung1
- Guangdong Romanization: xing4 zung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪŋ²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-chûng
- Hakka Romanization System: sangˇ zungˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sang2 zung1
- Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-tiong
- Tâi-lô: siânn-tiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: svia'diofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /siã²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siã²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siã¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /siã²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siã²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: dzyeng trjuwng
Noun
城中
- within the city
- 北邙山上列墳塋，萬古千秋對洛城。城中日夕歌鐘起，山上唯聞松柏聲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 《北邙山》 ("Mount Mang") by Shen Quanqi, circa 700
- Běimángshān shàng liè fényíng, wàngǔqiānqiū duì Luòchéng. Chéngzhōng rìxī gē zhōng qǐ, shānshàng wéi wén sōngbǎi shēng.
- On Mount Mang the graves are lined, generation after generation facing Luoyang. In the city songs and bells chime day and night, but on the mountain one hears but the wind through the pines and cypresses.
北邙山上列坟茔，万古千秋对洛城。城中日夕歌钟起，山上唯闻松柏声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Proper noun
城中
- (～區) Chengzhong (a district of Liuzhou, Guangxi, China)
- (～區) Chengzhong (a district of Xining, Qinghai, China)
- (～街道) Chengzhong (a subdistrict of Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
- (～街道) Chengzhong (a subdistrict of Yarkant, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China)
- (～村) Chengzhong (a village in Tancheng, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)