孤城

Chinese

		lone; lonely	city walls; city; town
trad. (孤城)		孤	城
simp. #(孤城)		孤	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄔㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guchéng
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: gū-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gucherng
    • Palladius: гучэн (gučɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ku dzyeng

Rime
Character	孤	城
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古胡切	是征切
Baxter	ku	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ko/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ko/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ku/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuo/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gū	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu1	sing4

Noun

孤城

1. isolated city; solitary city

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孤	城
こ Grade: S	じょう Grade: 4
kan’on	goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ʑo̞ː]

Noun

孤(こ)城(じょう) • (kojō) 

1. solitary castle; isolated castle