城池

Chinese

		city walls; city; town	moat
trad. (城池)		城	池
simp. #(城池)		城	池

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ ci⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-chhṳ̀
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâⁿ-tî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngchíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chʻih²
    • Yale: chéng-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngchyr
    • Palladius: чэнчи (čɛnči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: sìhng chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: sang^ˇ cii^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang² ci²
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-tî
    • Tâi-lô: siânn-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svia'dii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siã²⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siã²⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siã¹³⁻²² ti¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siã²⁴⁻¹¹ ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siã²³⁻³³ ti²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyeng drje

Rime
Character	城	池
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是征切	直離切
Baxter	dzyeng	drje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/	/ɖˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/	/ɖᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋ/	/ȡiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋ/	/ɖjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋ/	/ȡje/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋ/	/ȡǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/	/ȡʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing4	ci4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]eŋ  Cə.lraj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋ  l'al/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	城	池
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chéng	chí
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyeng ›	‹ drje ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]eŋ/	/*Cə.lraj/
English	city wall	pool (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	城	池
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	1418	14779
Phonetic component	成	也
Rime group	耕	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	成	馳
Old Chinese	/*djeŋ/	/*l'al/

Noun

城池

1. (archaic) walled city with a moat
2. (archaic) city (in general)

Synonyms

• (city):

Dialectal synonyms of 城市 (“city”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		城池
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		城市
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	城市
	Harbin	城市
	Singapore	城市
Jilu Mandarin	Xianxian (Xiaoying)	城市
	Jinan	城市
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	城市
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	城市
	Guilin	城市
	Pingle	城市
	Liuzhou	城市
	Luzhai	城市
Cantonese	Hong Kong	城市
	Guiping (Jintian)	城市
Hakka	Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng)	城市
	Bobai (Shahe)	城市
	Bobai (Lingping)	城市
	Singkawang	埠頭
	Pontianak (Meixian)	埠頭, 城市
Huizhou	Jixi	城市
Jin	Datong	城市
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	城市
	Xinzhou	城市
	Changzhi	城市
Eastern Min	Gutian	城市
Southern Min	Shantou	城市
	Haikou	城市
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	城市
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	城
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	城市
Northern Pinghua	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	城市
Wu	Shanghai	城市
	Danyang	城市
	Jinhua	城市
	Yiwu	城, 城市

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (城池):

• → Vietnamese: thành trì (城池)

Proper noun

城池

1. (～村) Chengchi (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
城	池

Noun

城池

1. chữ Hán form of thành trì (“stronghold”).