北城

Chinese

		north	city walls; city; town
trad. (北城)		北	城
simp. ^#(北城)		北	城
anagram		城北

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běichéng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Běichéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Běichéng
  - Wade–Giles: Pei³-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Běi-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeicherng
  - Palladius: Бэйчэн (Bɛjčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

北城

(～街道) Beicheng (a subdistrict of Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

Coordinate terms

東城／东城 (Dōngchéng)
南城 (Nánchéng)
西城 (Xīchéng)

Noun

北城

(literally) north wall
- 北兵今夜攻破北城，俺已滿拚自盡。 [MSC, trad.]
  北兵今夜攻破北城，俺已满拚自尽。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1699, Kong Shangren, The Peach Blossom Fan, scene 38, translated by Harold Acton
  Běi bīng jīnyè gōngpò běichéng, ǎn yǐ mǎnpīnzìjìn. [Pinyin]
  Tonight the Northern troops breached the north wall, and I determined to take my own life.