龍城

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	city walls; city; town
trad. (龍城)		龍	城
simp. (龙城)		龙	城

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lóngchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lóngchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lóngchéng
  - Wade–Giles: Lung²-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Lúng-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Longcherng
  - Palladius: Лунчэн (Lunčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lung⁴ sing⁴
  - Yale: lùhng sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: ljowng dzyeng

Rime
Character	龍	城
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力鍾切	是征切
Baxter	ljowng	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨoŋ/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lioŋ/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lioŋ/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luawŋ/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/lioŋ/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭwoŋ/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯woŋ/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung⁴	sing⁴

Proper noun

龍城

(historical) A place where the ancient Xiongnu performed rituals for heaven worship.
(historical, by association) Xiongnu
(～區) Longcheng District (a district of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China)
Nickname of some cities, including:
1. Liuzhou, Guangxi
2. Chaoyang, Liaoning
3. Changzhou, Jiangsu
4. Taiyuan, Shanxi
5. Tianshui, Gansu
6. Zhucheng, Shandong (named for the excavation of dinosaur fossils)

Noun

龍城

(literary) capital