檳城

See also: 槟城

Chinese

		betel	city walls; city; town
trad. (檳城)		檳	城
simp. (槟城)		槟	城
alternative forms		梹城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bīnchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Peng-siâⁿ / Pin-siâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bīnchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Binchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Pin¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Bīn-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bincherng
    • Palladius: Биньчэн (Binʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: bān sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Peng-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Ping-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengsviaa
    • IPA (Penang): /peŋ³³⁻²¹ siã²³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pin-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Pin-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinsviaa
    • IPA (Penang): /pin³³⁻²¹ siã²³/

Proper noun

檳城

1. Penang (a state of Malaysia)

Synonyms

• 檳州／槟州 (Bīnzhōu)

Dialectal synonyms of 檳城 (“Penang”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		檳城
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	檳城
	Malaysia	檳城
	Singapore	檳城
Cantonese	Hong Kong	檳城
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	庇能, 檳城