錦城

See also: 锦城

Chinese

		brocade	(walled) city
trad. (錦城)		錦	城
simp. (锦城)		锦	城

Etymology

A contraction of the earlier 錦官城 / 锦官城 (Jinguanchéng, “City of the Brocade Official”), from a Han-era office instituted to oversee the quality and supply of the city's then-popular brocade.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jǐnchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄔㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jǐnchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jǐnchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Chin³-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Jǐn-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiincherng
    • Palladius: Цзиньчэн (Czinʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

錦城

1. (informal or literary) "Brocade City", a nickname of Chengdu, Sichuan