錦官城

See also: 锦官城

Chinese

		brocade officer	(walled) city
trad. (錦官城)		錦官	城
simp. (锦官城)		锦官	城

Etymology

From a Han-era office instituted to oversee the quality and supply of the city's then-popular brocade.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jǐnguānchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² gun¹ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jǐnguānchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jǐnguanchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Chin³-kuan¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Jǐn-gwān-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiinguancherng
    • Palladius: Цзиньгуаньчэн (Czinʹguanʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² gun¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: gám gūn sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² gun¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² gun¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kimX kwan dzyeng

Rime
Character	錦	官	城
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	桓 (62)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I	III
Fanqie	居飲切	古丸切	是征切
Baxter	kimX	kwan	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪmX/	/kuɑn/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚimX/	/kʷɑn/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiemX/	/kuɑn/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjimX/	/kwan/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/kjəmX/	/kuɑn/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭĕmX/	/kuɑn/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əmX/	/kuɑn/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐn	guān	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam2	gun1	sing4

Proper noun

錦官城

1. (informal or literary, obsolete) "City of the Brocade Official", a former nickname of Chengdu, Sichuan.

Derived terms

• 錦城／锦城 (Jǐnchéng)