龍城

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	city walls; city; town
trad. (龍城)		龍	城
simp. (龙城)		龙	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lóngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lóngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lóngchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Lung²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Lúng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Longcherng
    • Palladius: Лунчэн (Lunčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ sing⁴
    • Yale: lùhng sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ljowng dzyeng

Rime
Character	龍	城
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力鍾切	是征切
Baxter	ljowng	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨoŋ/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lioŋ/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lioŋ/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luawŋ/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/lioŋ/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭwoŋ/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯woŋ/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung4	sing4

Proper noun

龍城

1. (historical) A place where the ancient Xiongnu performed rituals for heaven worship.
2. (historical, by association) Xiongnu
3. (～區) Longcheng District (a district of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China)
4. Nickname of some cities, including:
   1. Liuzhou, Guangxi
   2. Chaoyang, Liaoning
   3. Changzhou, Jiangsu
   4. Taiyuan, Shanxi
   5. Tianshui, Gansu
   6. Zhucheng, Shandong (named for the excavation of dinosaur fossils)

Noun

龍城

1. (literary) capital