新城

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	city walls; city; town
trad. (新城)		新	城
simp. ^#(新城)		新	城

Etymology

Shinshiro: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 新城 (Shinshiro).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîn-sàng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-siâⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinchéng
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chʻêng²
  - Yale: syīn-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shincherng
  - Palladius: синьчэн (sinʹčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ sing⁴
  - Yale: sān sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîn-sàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin^ˊ sang^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹ sang²
  - Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴ saŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-siâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sin-siânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinsviaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² siã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ siã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² siã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siã²³/

Noun

新城

new town; planned community
Antonym: 故城 (gùchéng)

Proper noun

新城

(～市) Shinshiro (a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
(～鄉) Xincheng (a rural township in Hualien County, Taiwan)
(～鎮) Xincheng (a town in Jiayuguan, Gansu, China)
(～社區) Xincheng (a residential community in Ruoqiang, Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China)

Japanese

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
新	城
しん Grade: 2	しろ Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

新(しん)城(しろ) • (Shinshiro)

a surname

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
新	城
しん Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

新(しん)城(じょう) • (Shinjō)

a surname