增城
Chinese
| to increase; to expand; to add | city walls; city; town | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (增城) |
增 | 城 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Zēngchéng
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄥ ㄔㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Zengchéng
- Wade–Giles: Tsêng1-chʻêng2
- Yale: Dzēng-chéng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzengcherng
- Palladius: Цзэнчэн (Czɛnčɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zang1 sing4
- Yale: jāng sìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzang1 sing4
- Guangdong Romanization: zeng1 xing4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Etymology 1
Attested in the Book of the Later Han [5th century], as the name of a county under Nanhai Commandery (南海郡).
Proper noun
增城
- (～區, formerly ～縣, ～市) Zengcheng (a district, former county, and former county-level city of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
Etymology 2
Proper noun
增城
- A legendary place mentioned in Chu Ci