十里洋場

Chinese

		ten	li, a Chinese unit of length	city overrun by foreign adventurers, or concessions in a city populated by foreigners
trad. (十里洋場)		十	里	洋場
simp. (十里洋场)		十	里	洋场

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shílǐyángchǎng, shílǐyángcháng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shílǐyángchǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyliiyangchaang
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: shílǐyángcháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyliiyangcharng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

Idiom

十里洋場

the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements
(figuratively) bustling, cosmopolitan city

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