紫禁城

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zǐjìnchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gam³ sing⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chí-kìm-siâⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Zǐhjìnchéng
  - Wade–Giles: Tzŭ³-chin⁴-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Dž-jìn-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzyyjinncherng
  - Palladius: Цзыцзиньчэн (Czyczinʹčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² gam³ sing⁴
  - Yale: jí gam sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gam³ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² gem³ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kɐm³³ sɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chí-kìm-siâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Tsí-kìm-siânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'kiemsviaa
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹⁻⁵³ siã²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siã²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹⁻⁵³ siã¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim¹¹⁻⁵³ siã²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹⁻⁴¹ siã²³/

Proper noun

紫禁城

Forbidden City
- (Can we date this quote?), “文昌鸡 [wénchāngjī]”, 三洱 (lyrics)‎^[1]:
  
  潭牛雞　出名早　清朝進貢紫禁城 [Hainanese, trad.]
  潭牛鸡　出名早　清朝进贡紫禁城 [Hainanese, simp.]
  ham² ghu² goi¹, sud⁷ mia² da³, seng¹ siao² zin⁴ gong⁴ zi³ gim⁴ dia² [Guangdong Romanization]
  Tanniu chicken was famous early on, offered in the Qing dynasty as a tribute to the Forbidden City

Synonyms

故宮／故宫 (gùgōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	禁	城
し Grade: S	きん Grade: 5	じょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しきんじょー [shìkíꜜǹjòò] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɕi̥kʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Proper noun

紫(し)禁(きん)城(じょう) • (Shikinjō)

Forbidden City
Synonyms: 故宮, 故宮博物院

Korean

Hanja in this term
紫	禁	城

Proper noun

紫禁城 • (Jageumseong) (hangeul 자금성)

hanja form^? of 자금성 (“Forbidden City”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
紫	禁	城

Proper noun

紫禁城

chữ Hán form of Tử Cấm Thành (“Forbidden City”)