金石城

Chinese

		metal and stone; inscriptions on ancient bronzes and stone tablets	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (金石城)		金石	城

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Kingstown + 城 (“town”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jīnshíchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄕˊ ㄔㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Jīnshíchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄕˊ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinshycherng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

金石城

(Taiwan) Kingstown (capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Synonyms

金斯敦 (Jīnsīdūn)

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