古城

Chinese

		ancient; old	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (古城)		古	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔchéng
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-chʻêng²
    • Yale: gǔ-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guucherng
    • Palladius: гучэн (gučɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² sing⁴
    • Yale: gú sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Noun

古城

1. ancient city; old town

Proper noun

古城

1. (～街道) Gucheng (a subdistrict of Xiangcheng district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)
2. (～社區) Gucheng (a community in Chengzhong, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
3. (～村) Gucheng (a village in Gangwei, Longhai, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
古	城
こ Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

古(こ)城(じょう) • (kojō) 

1. an old castle

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
古	城
ふる Grade: 2	き Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Proper noun

古(ふる)城(き) • (Furuki) 

1. a surname