危城

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (危城)		危	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēichéng, wéichéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄔㄥˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēichéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weichéng
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: wēi-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueicherng
    • Palladius: вэйчэн (vɛjčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéichéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéichéng
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: wéi-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weicherng
    • Palladius: вэйчэн (vɛjčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴ sing⁴
    • Yale: ngàih sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

Noun

危城

1. (literary) city with high walls
2. besieged city