甕城

Chinese

		earthen jar; urn	city walls; city; town
trad. (甕城)		甕	城
simp. (瓮城)		瓮	城

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèngchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ung³ sing⁴
Min Nan (POJ): àng-siâⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wèngchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenqcherng
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯əŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ung³ sing⁴
  - Yale: ung sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ung³ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ung³ xing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ʊŋ³³ sɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àng-siâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: àng-siânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: arngsviaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /aŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /aŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /aŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiã²³/

Noun

甕城

small town outside a major city, established for defensive purposes

Synonyms

(especially a crescent-shaped one) 月城 (yuèchéng)

Proper noun

甕城

Tie Wengcheng (sub-city of Zhenjiang built by Wu Sunquan during the Three Kingdoms period)

Synonyms

鐵甕城／铁瓮城 (Tiě Wèngchéng)

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