雲城

Chinese

		cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	city walls; city; town
trad. (雲城)		雲	城
simp. (云城)		云	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yúnchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yúnchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yúnchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Yün²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Yún-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuncherng
    • Palladius: Юньчэн (Junʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ sing⁴
    • Yale: wàhn sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

Etymology 1

From clipping of 雲浮／云浮 (Yúnfú) + 城 (chéng, “city”).

Proper noun

雲城

1. (～區) Yuncheng (a district of Yunfu, Guangdong, China)
2. (～街道) Yuncheng (a subdistrict of Yuncheng district, Yunfu, Guangdong, China)

Etymology 2

From clipping of 雲高華／云高华 (Yúngāohuá) + 城 (chéng, “city”).

Proper noun

雲城

1. (obsolete) Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada)
   • 1933 April 25, 大漢公報 [The Chinese Times], page 5:

     賚來旅館　設在雲城 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     赉来旅馆　设在云城 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     loi⁶ loi⁴ leoi⁵ gun², cit³ zoi⁶ wan⁴ sing⁴ [Jyutping]

     Loyal Hotel is located in Vancouver

Synonyms

• 雲高華／云高华 (Yúngāohuá)
• 溫哥華／温哥华 (Wēngēhuá)