九龍城
Chinese
| nine dragons that were able to control water resources to prevent flooding | city walls; city; town | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (九龍城) | 九龍 | 城 | |
| simp. (九龙城) | 九龙 | 城 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): Jiǔlóngchéng
- (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gau2 lung4 sing4 / gau2 lung4 seng4
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): giu2 lêng5 sian5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǔlóngchéng
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǒulóngchéng
- Wade–Giles: Chiu3-lung2-chʻêng2
- Yale: Jyǒu-lúng-chéng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeoulongcherng
- Palladius: Цзюлунчэн (Czjulunčɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gau2 lung4 sing4 / gau2 lung4 seng4
- Yale: gáu lùhng sìhng / gáu lùhng sèhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau2 lung4 sing4 / gau2 lung4 seng4
- Guangdong Romanization: geo2 lung4 xing4 / geo2 lung4 séng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/, /kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ sɛːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: giu2 lêng5 sian5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiú lêng siâⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /kiu⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩã⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
Proper noun
九龍城
- Kowloon City (an area of Kowloon City district, Hong Kong)
- 1912, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, fourth edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, pages 52–53:
- 去扯旗杆個處好天好遠都望得到，大概望得到九龍城。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- heoi3 ce2 kei4 gon1 go3 syu3 hou2 tin1 hou2 jyun5 dou1 mong6 dak1 dou3, daai6 koi3-2 mong6 dak1 dou3 gau2 lung4 seng4. [Jyutping]
- If you go to the flag staff in good weather you can see a long way off. I suppose you can see as far as Kowloon City.
去扯旗杆个处好天好远都望得到，大概望得到九龙城。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (～區) Kowloon City District (a district of Hong Kong)