山景城

Chinese

		mountain scenery	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (山景城)		山景	城
Literally: “City of Mountain Scenery”.

Etymology

Calque of English Mountain View + 城 (chéng, “city”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shānjǐngchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ ging² sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shānjǐngchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shanjǐngchéng
  - Wade–Giles: Shan¹-ching³-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Shān-jǐng-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shanjiingcherng
  - Palladius: Шаньцзинчэн (Šanʹczinčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan¹ ging² sing⁴
  - Yale: sāan gíng sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ ging² sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹ ging² xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

山景城

(～市) Mountain View (a city in California, United States)

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