省城

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Chinese

		province	city
simp. and trad. (省城)		省	城

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省城 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Guangzhou (English)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shěngchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saang² seng⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sang² siang³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sén-sàng

(Meixian, Guangdong): sên³ sang²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): séng-siâⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên² sian⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shěngchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shěngchéng
  - Wade–Giles: shêng³-chʻêng²
  - Yale: shěng-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheengcherng
  - Palladius: шэнчэн (šɛnčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang² seng⁴
  - Yale: sáang sèhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang² seng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang² séng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵ sɛːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sang² siang³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵ siaŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sén-sàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˋ sang^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen³ sang²
  - Sinological IPA: /sen³¹ saŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sên³ sang²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɛn³¹ saŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-siâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: síng-siânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sefngsviaa
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siã²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên² sian⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: séⁿ siâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ⁵²⁻³⁵ sĩã⁵⁵/

Noun

省城

provincial capital

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 省會 (“provincial capital”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		省會, 省城, 省治, 省垣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	省會, 省城
Cantonese	Guangzhou	省城
	Hong Kong	省城, 省會
	Dongguan	省城
Hakka	Meixian	省城
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	省會, 省城
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	省會, 省城
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	省會, 省城
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	省會, 省城
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	省會, 省城
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	省會, 省城
Southern Min	Xiamen	省會
	Quanzhou	省會
	Zhangzhou	省會
	Jieyang	省城

Proper noun

省城

(Guangdong, specifically, dated) Guangzhou
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “調”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 546:
  
  這是甚麼腔調？省城調。 [Teochew, trad.]
  这是什么腔调？省城调。 [Teochew, simp.]
  zia² si⁶ sim⁶ mih⁴ kiên¹ diou⁷? sên² sian⁵ diou⁷. [Peng'im]
  What air is this? Cantonese air.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 廣州 (“Guangzhou”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廣州, 穗 short
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	廣州
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	廣州
Cantonese	Guangzhou	廣州, 廣府, 省城, 省
	Hong Kong	廣州, 省城, 大圈 slang
	Taishan	廣州, 省城
	Kaiping (Chikan)	省
	Dongguan	廣州, 省城
	Singapore (Guangfu)	廣州
Hakka	Meixian	廣州
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	省
Southern Min	Xiamen	廣州
	Quanzhou	廣州
	Zhangzhou	廣州
	Penang (Hokkien)	廣州
	Singapore (Hokkien)	廣州
	Leizhou	廣州

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