東城

See also: 东城

Chinese

		east	city walls; city; town
trad. (東城)		東	城
simp. (东城)		东	城
anagram		城東／城东

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dōngchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dongchéng
  - Wade–Giles: Tung¹-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Dūng-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongcherng
  - Palladius: Дунчэн (Dunčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ sing⁴
  - Yale: dūng sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

東城

(～區) Dongcheng (a district of Beijing, China)
(～街道) Dongcheng (a subdistrict of Zengdu district, Suizhou, Hubei, China)
(～街道) Dongcheng (a subdistrict of Jingzhou district, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
(～街道) Dongcheng (a subdistrict of Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
(～街道) Dongcheng (a subdistrict of Dongguan, Guangdong, China)

Coordinate terms

南城 (Nánchéng)
西城 (Xīchéng)
北城 (Běichéng)

Descendants

→ English: Dongcheng