連城

Chinese

		even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively	city walls; city; town
trad. (連城)		連	城
simp. (连城)		连	城

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liánchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ sing⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân-siâⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liánchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liánchéng
  - Wade–Giles: lien²-chʻêng²
  - Yale: lyán-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liancherng
  - Palladius: ляньчэн (ljanʹčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lin⁴ sing⁴
  - Yale: lìhn sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-siâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: liân-siânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liensviaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² ɕiã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ ɕiã²³/

Noun

連城

contiguous cities
- 宛，大郡之都也。連城數十，人民眾，積蓄多。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  宛，大郡之都也。连城数十，人民众，积蓄多。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Yuān, dà jùn zhī dū yě. Liánchéng shùshí, rénmín zhòng, jīxù duō. [Pinyin]
  Yuan is the capital of a large commandery, and dozens of smaller towns form a contiguous complex with it. Its population is high, and supplies are well-stocked.

Adjective

連城

to be worth numerous contiguous cities; highly precious
價值連城／价值连城 ― jiàzhíliánchéng ― highly precious

Proper noun

連城

(～縣) Liancheng (a county of Longyan, Fujian, China)

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