城隍

Chinese

		city walls; city; town	dry moat; god of city
simp. and trad. (城隍)		城	隍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénghuáng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ wong⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-vòng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sêng-hông / siâⁿ-hông

(Teochew, Peng'im): sian⁵ hng⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ³zen-hhuaan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chénghuáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chénghuáng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-huang²
  - Yale: chéng-hwáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernghwang
  - Palladius: чэнхуан (čɛnxuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xwɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ wong⁴
  - Yale: sìhng wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-vòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: sangˇ vongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang² vong²
  - Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ voŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-hông
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senghoong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-hông
  - Tâi-lô: siânn-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svia'hoong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiã¹³⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiã²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sian⁵ hng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâⁿ hn̂g
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ³zen-hhuaan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥əɲ²² ɦɯɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

城隍

(literary, historical) city wall and moat; protected city

Derived terms

城隍神
城隍廟／城隍庙 (chénghuángmiào)

城隍爺／城隍爷 (Chénghuángyé)

Proper noun

城隍

(mythology, religion) City God, god of the moat and the walls
(～鎮) Chenghuang (a town in Hanchuan, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (城隍):

→ Korean: 성황(城隍) (seonghwang)
→ Vietnamese: thành hoàng (城隍)

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
城	隍

Noun

城隍

chữ Hán form of thành hoàng.

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