十里洋場

Chinese

		ten	li, a Chinese unit of length	city overrun by foreign adventurers, or concessions in a city populated by foreigners
trad. (十里洋場)		十	里	洋場
simp. (十里洋场)		十	里	洋场

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shílǐyángchǎng, shílǐyángcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shílǐyángchǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhlǐyángchǎng
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-li³-yang²-chʻang³
    • Yale: shŕ-lǐ-yáng-chǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrliiyangchaang
    • Palladius: шилиянчан (šilijančan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shílǐyángcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhlǐyángcháng
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-li³-yang²-chʻang²
    • Yale: shŕ-lǐ-yáng-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrliiyangcharng
    • Palladius: шилиянчан (šilijančan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

Idiom

十里洋場

1. the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements
2. (figurative) bustling, cosmopolitan city