金石城

Chinese

		metal and stone; inscriptions on ancient bronzes and stone tablets	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (金石城)		金石	城

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Kingstown + 城 (“town”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīnshíchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕˊ ㄔㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnshíchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jinshíhchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Chin¹-shih²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Jīn-shŕ-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinshyrcherng
    • Palladius: Цзиньшичэн (Czinʹšičɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

金石城

1. (Taiwan) Kingstown (a city, the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Synonyms

• 金斯敦 (Jīnsīdūn)