甕城

Chinese

		earthen jar; urn	city walls; city; town
trad. (甕城)		甕	城
simp. (瓮城)		瓮	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ung³ sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àng-siâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wòngchéng
    • Wade–Giles: wêng⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: wèng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenqcherng
    • Palladius: вэнчэн (vɛnčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ung³ sing⁴
    • Yale: ung sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ung³ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ung³ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʊŋ³³ sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àng-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: àng-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: arngsviaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /aŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ siã²³/

Noun

甕城

1. small town outside a major city, established for defensive purposes

Synonyms

• (especially a crescent-shaped one) 月城 (yuèchéng)

Proper noun

甕城

1. Tie Wengcheng (sub-city of Zhenjiang built by Wu Sunquan during the Three Kingdoms period)

Synonyms

• 鐵甕城／铁瓮城 (Tiě Wèngchéng)