城隍
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Chinese
| city walls; city; town | dry moat; god of city | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (城隍) |
城 | 隍 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sing4 wong4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-vòng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zen-waon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chénghuáng
- Wade–Giles: chʻêng2-huang2
- Yale: chéng-hwáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernghwang
- Palladius: чэнхуан (čɛnxuan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- Homophones:
城隍
橙黃／橙黄
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sing4 wong4
- Yale: sìhng wòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sing4 wong4
- Guangdong Romanization: xing4 wong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-vòng
- Hakka Romanization System: sangˇ vongˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sang2 vong2
- Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ voŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-hông
- Tâi-lô: siânn-hông
- Phofsit Daibuun: svia'hoong
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siã¹³⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /siã²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: sian5 ng5 / sian5 hng5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâⁿ n̂g / siâⁿ hn̂g
- Sinological IPA (key): /sĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋ⁵⁵/, /sĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hŋ⁵⁵/
- Wu
Noun
城隍
Derived terms
Proper noun
城隍
- (mythology, religion) City God, god of the moat and the walls
- (～鎮) Chenghuang (a town in Hanchuan, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
Descendants
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 城 | 隍 |
Noun
城隍
- chữ Hán form of thành hoàng.