城池

城池

Chinese

		city walls; city; town	moat
trad. (城池)		城	池
simp. #(城池)		城	池

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ ci⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-chhṳ̀
• Min Nan (POJ): siâⁿ-tî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngchíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chʻih²
    • Yale: chéng-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngchyr
    • Palladius: чэнчи (čɛnči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: sìhng chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: sangˇ ciiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang² ci²
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-tî
    • Tâi-lô: siânn-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svia'dii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiã²⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiã²⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiã¹³⁻²² ti¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiã²⁴⁻¹¹ ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiã²³⁻³³ ti²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑiᴇŋ  ɖˠiᴇ/

Rime
Character	城	池
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是征切	直離切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/	/ɖˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/	/ɖᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋ/	/ȡiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋ/	/ɖjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋ/	/ȡje/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋ/	/ȡǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/	/ȡʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing4	ci4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]eŋ  Cə.lraj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋ  l'al/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	城	池
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chéng	chí
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyeng ›	‹ drje ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]eŋ/	/*Cə.lraj/
English	city wall	pool (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	城	池
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	1418	14779
Phonetic component	成	也
Rime group	耕	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	成	馳
Old Chinese	/*djeŋ/	/*l'al/

Noun

城池

1. (archaic) walled city with a moat
2. (archaic) city (in general)

Proper noun

城池

1. (～村) Chengchi (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)