羊城

羊城

Chinese

		caprid	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (羊城)		羊	城

Etymology

From the 5 sheep or goats supposedly ridden by the Taoist immortals who visited Guangzhou at its founding and introduced the cultivation of rice to its people. Their mounts were said to have turned into the five stones once preserved in the city's Temple of the Five Immortals.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yángchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ sing⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): Iòng-siàng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: Yángchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yangcherng
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ sing⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ xing⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jœ̽ːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Iòng-siàng
    • IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)niaŋ⁵³/

Proper noun

羊城

1. (literary) City of the Rams: Guangzhou in Guangdong.

Synonyms

• 五羊城 (Wǔyángchéng), 五羊, 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu)

Related terms

• 五羊城 (Wǔyángchéng), 五羊