城隍

Chinese

		city walls; city; town	dry moat; god of city
simp. and trad. (城隍)		城	隍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénghuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ wong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-vòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-hông / siâⁿ-hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sian⁵ ng⁵ / sian⁵ hng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zen-waon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénghuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénghuáng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-huang²
    • Yale: chéng-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernghwang
    • Palladius: чэнхуан (čɛnxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ wong⁴
    • Yale: sìhng wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-vòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sangˇ vongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang² vong²
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ voŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-hông
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: senghoong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-hông
    • Tâi-lô: siânn-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svia'hoong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siã¹³⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siã²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sian⁵ ng⁵ / sian⁵ hng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâⁿ n̂g / siâⁿ hn̂g
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋ⁵⁵/, /sĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen-waon
    • MiniDict: zen^去 waon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-hhuaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² ɦuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

城隍

1. (literary, historical) city wall and moat; protected city

Derived terms

• 城隍廟／城隍庙 (chénghuángmiào)
• 城隍爺／城隍爷 (Chénghuángyé)
• 城隍神

 

Proper noun

城隍

1. (mythology, religion) City God, god of the moat and the walls
2. (～鎮) Chenghuang (a town in Hanchuan, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (城隍):

• → Korean: 성황(城隍) (seonghwang)
• → Vietnamese: thành hoàng (城隍)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
城	隍

Noun

城隍

1. chữ Hán form of thành hoàng.