山城

Chinese

		mountain; hill	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (山城)		山	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ sing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sân-sàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soaⁿ-siâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanchéng
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: shān-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shancherng
    • Palladius: шаньчэн (šanʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: sāan sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân-sàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: san´ sangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san¹ sang²
    • Sinological IPA: /san²⁴ saŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: suann-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoasviaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suã³³ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² siã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ siã²³/

Noun

山城

1. mountain city

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
山	城
やま Grade: 1	しろ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 城 (shiro, “castle, fortress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ɕiɾo̞]

Proper noun

山(やま)城(しろ) • (Yamashiro) 

1. Yamashiro Province, an old province of Japan
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
山	城
やま Grade: 1	き Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 城 (ki, “castle, fortress”, ancient reading).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠kʲi]

Proper noun

山(やま)城(き) • (Yamaki) 

1. a surname