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 (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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Jǐnchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiinchengr
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

錦城

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

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