長城
Appearance
See also: 长城
Chinese
[edit]long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop |
city walls; city; town | ||
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trad. (長城) | 長 | 城 | |
simp. (长城) | 长 | 城 | |
Literally: “long wall”. |
Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cang2 cen2
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чончын (čončɨn, I-I)
- Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng4 sing4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chhòng-sàng
- Eastern Min (BUC): Diòng-siàng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dyong2 sia2 / dyeng2 siaⁿ2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6zan-zen6 / 2zan-zen2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Chángchéng
- Wade–Giles: Chʻang2-chʻêng2
- Yale: Cháng-chéng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Charngcherng
- Palladius: Чанчэн (Čančɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: cang2 cen2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cangcen
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹ t͡sʰən²¹/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чончын (čončɨn, I-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coeng4 sing4
- Yale: chèuhng sìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng4 sing4
- Guangdong Romanization: cêng4 xing4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhòng-sàng
- Hakka Romanization System: congˇ sangˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cong2 sang2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Diòng-siàng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ (s-)niaŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: dyong2 sia2 [Phonetic: dyong5 sia2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /tyɒŋ¹³⁻²¹ ɬia¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: dyeng2 siaⁿ2 [Phonetic: dyeng5 siaⁿ2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /tyøŋ¹³⁻²¹ ɬĩã¹³/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: drjang|trjangX|drjangH dzyeng
Proper noun
[edit]長城
- Great Wall of China
- (~區) (historical) Changcheng (a former district of Jiayuguan, Gansu, China)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]長城
- (figurative) insurmountable barrier or invincible power; wall of steel
- 同時,中國人民也絕不允許任何外來勢力欺負、壓迫、奴役我們,誰妄想這樣幹,必將在14億多中國人民用血肉築成的鋼鐵長城面前碰得頭破血流! [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1 July 2021, Xi Jinping (习近平)
- Tóngshí, Zhōngguó rénmín yě juébù yǔnxǔ rènhé wàilái shìlì qīfù, yāpò, núyì wǒmen, shéi wàngxiǎng zhèyàng gàn, bìjiāng zài 14 yì duō Zhōngguó rénmín yòng xuèròu zhù chéng de gāngtiě Chángchéng miànqián pèng de tóu pò xuèliú! [Pinyin]
- At the same time, the Chinese people will absolutely not allow any foreign power to bully, oppress, or enslave us. Whomever vainly thinks to do these things, will find their heads bashed bloody against a Great Wall of steel forged by the flesh and blood of over 1.4 billion Chinese people!
同时,中国人民也绝不允许任何外来势力欺负、压迫、奴役我们,谁妄想这样干,必将在14亿多中国人民用血肉筑成的钢铁长城面前碰得头破血流! [MSC, simp.]
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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長 | 城 |
ちょう Grade: 2 |
じょう Grade: 4 |
on'yomi |
Noun
[edit]- long castle or wall
- long line of castles
- (figurative) a person who is to become the head of state.
Proper noun
[edit]Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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長 | 城 |
Noun
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]Han character
[edit]長城: Hán Việt readings: trường thành, Trường Thành
Noun
[edit]長城 • (trường thành)
- a long, sturdy wall
Proper noun
[edit]長城 • (Trường Thành)
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