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紫禁城

紫禁城

Chinese

		purple	to prohibit; to forbid; endure	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (紫禁城)		紫	禁	城

Proper noun

紫禁城

Forbidden City

Synonyms

故宮／故宫 (gùgōng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Zǐjìnchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gam³ sing⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Chí-kìm-siâⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzyyjinnchengr
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² gam³ sing⁴
  - Yale: jí gam sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gam³ sing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kɐm³³ sɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chí-kìm-siâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Tsí-kìm-siânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'kiemsviaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiã²³/