阿城

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (阿城)		阿	城

Etymology

Short for 阿勒楚喀城 (Ālèchǔkā chéng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Āchéng, Àchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄔㄥˊ, ㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Āchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Achéng
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Ā-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Acherng
    • Palladius: Ачэн (Ačɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Àchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄚˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Àchéng
    • Wade–Giles: A⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: À-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ahcherng
    • Palladius: Ачэн (Ačɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ sing⁴
    • Yale: a sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

阿城

1. (～區) Acheng (a district of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)

Synonyms

• 阿什河 (obsolete)