占城

Chinese

		to divine	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (占城)		占	城

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhànchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chiam-sêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhànchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhànchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Chan⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Jàn-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Janncherng
    • Palladius: Чжаньчэн (Čžanʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: jīm sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiam-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: Tsiam-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamseeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyem|tsyemH dzyeng

Rime
Character	占	占	城
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (153)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	職廉切	章豔切	是征切
Baxter	tsyem	tsyemH	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇm/	/t͡ɕiᴇmH/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛm/	/t͡ɕiɛmH/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæm/	/t͡ɕjæmH/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciam/	/ciamH/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛm/	/t͡ɕiɛmH/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛm/	/t͡ɕĭɛmH/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛm/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛmH/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān	zhàn	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zim1	zim3	sing4

Proper noun

占城

1. (historical) Champa (a former kingdom in southern Vietnam)

Derived terms

• 占城稻

 

See also

• 占婆 (Zhànpó)
• 環王／环王

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
占	城

Proper noun

占城

1. chữ Hán form of Chiêm Thành (“Champa”).