紫禁城

紫禁城

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	to prohibit; to forbid; endure	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (紫禁城)		紫	禁	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zǐjìnchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gam³ sing⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): Chí-kìm-siâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzyyjinncherng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gam³ sing⁴
    • Yale: jí gam sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gam³ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gem³ xing⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kɐm³³ sɪŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chí-kìm-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tsí-kìm-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'kiemsviaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiã²³/

Proper noun

紫禁城

1. Forbidden City

Synonyms

• 故宮／故宫 (gùgōng)