山景城

山景城

Chinese

		mountain scenery	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (山景城)		山景	城
Literally: “City of Mountain Scenery”.

Etymology

Calque of English Mountain View + 城 (chéng, “city”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shānjǐngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ ging² sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Shānjǐngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shanjiingcherng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ ging² sing⁴
    • Yale: sāan gíng sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ ging² sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ ging² xing⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /säːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

山景城

1. (～市) Mountain View (a city in California, United States)