應城

See also: 应城

Chinese

		to answer; to respond; ought	city walls; city; town
trad. (應城)		應	城
simp. (应城)		应	城

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yìngchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yìngchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yìngchéng
  - Wade–Giles: Ying⁴-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Yìng-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yinqcherng
  - Palladius: Инчэн (Inčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing¹ sing⁴
  - Yale: yīng sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

應城

(～市) Yingcheng (a county-level city of Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Descendants

→ English: Yingcheng, Ying-ch'eng