羊城

Chinese edit

		caprid	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (羊城)		羊	城

Etymology edit

From the 5 sheep or goats supposedly ridden by the Taoist immortals who visited Guangzhou at its founding and introduced the cultivation of rice to its people. Their mounts were said to have turned into the five stones once preserved in the city's Temple of the Five Immortals.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yángchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ sing⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): Iòng-siàng
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): iên⁵ sian⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yángchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yángchéng
  - Wade–Giles: Yang²-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Yáng-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yangcherng
  - Palladius: Янчэн (Jančɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    羊城
    陽城／阳城
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ sing⁴
  - Yale: yèuhng sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Iòng-siàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)niaŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iên⁵ sian⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iêⁿ siâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩã⁵⁵/

Proper noun edit

羊城

(literary) City of the Rams: Guangzhou in Guangdong.

Synonyms edit

五羊城 (Wǔyángchéng), 五羊 (Wǔyáng), 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu)

Related terms edit

五羊城 (Wǔyángchéng), 五羊 (Wǔyáng)