錦官城

See also: 锦官城

Chinese

		brocade officer	(walled) city
trad. (錦官城)		錦官	城
simp. (锦官城)		锦官	城

Etymology

From a Han-era office instituted to oversee the quality and supply of the city's then-popular brocade.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jǐnguānchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄢㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² gun¹ sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Jǐnguānchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄢㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiinguancherng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam² gun¹ sing⁴
  - Yale: gám gūn sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam² gun¹ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem² gun¹ xing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

錦官城

(informal or literary, obsolete) "City of the Brocade Official", a former nickname of Chengdu, Sichuan.

Derived terms

錦城／锦城 (Jǐnchéng)

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