紅毛城

See also: 红毛城

Chinese

		red hair	city walls; city; town
trad. (紅毛城)		紅毛	城
simp. (红毛城)		红毛	城
Literally: “red-haired fort”.

紅毛城

Etymology

The Dutch people, who rebuilt Fort Santo Domingo, were called in Hokkien 紅毛 / 红毛 (âng-mn̂g, literally “red-haired”) during the time.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hóngmáochéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Âng-mn̂g-siâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hóngmáochéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hóngmáochéng
    • Wade–Giles: Hung²-mao²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Húng-máu-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Horngmaucherng
    • Palladius: Хунмаочэн (Xunmaočɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Âng-mn̂g-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Âng-mn̂g-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: angmngsviaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/

Proper noun

紅毛城

1. Fort Santo Domingo (a historic fortress in Tamsui, originally established by the Spanish, then held by the Dutch)