北城

Chinese

		north	city walls; city; town
trad. (北城)		北	城
simp. #(北城)		北	城
anagram		城北

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běichéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běichéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běichéng
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Běi-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeicherng
    • Palladius: Бэйчэн (Bɛjčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

北城

1. (～街道) Beicheng (a subdistrict of Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

Coordinate terms

• 東城／东城 (Dōngchéng)
• 南城 (Nánchéng)
• 西城 (Xīchéng)

Noun

北城

1. (literally) north wall

   • 北兵今夜攻破北城，俺已滿拚自盡。 [MSC, trad.]
     北兵今夜攻破北城，俺已满拚自尽。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1699, Kong Shangren, The Peach Blossom Fan, scene 38, translated by Harold Acton

     Běi bīng jīnyè gōngpò běichéng, ǎn yǐ mǎnpīnzìjìn. [Pinyin]

     Tonight the Northern troops breached the north wall, and I determined to take my own life.