五羊城

Chinese

		five sheep or goats	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (五羊城)		五羊	城

Etymology

From the legend of the five sheep or goats 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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔyángchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ joeng⁴ sing⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ngou⁶ iênn⁵ siann⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔyángchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔyángchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-yang²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Wǔ-yáng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuyangcherng
    • Palladius: Уянчэн (Ujančɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ joeng⁴ sing⁴
    • Yale: ńgh yèuhng sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ joeng⁴ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yêng⁴ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngou⁶ iênn⁵ siann⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngŏu iênⁿ siânⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou³⁵⁻¹¹ ienn⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siann⁵⁵/

Proper noun

五羊城

1. (literary) City of the Five Rams, Guangzhou (a city in Guangdong, China)

Synonyms

• 羊城 (Yángchéng), 五羊 (Wǔyáng), 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu)

Related terms

• 羊城 (Yángchéng), 五羊 (Wǔyáng)