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

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• 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 siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² siã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ siã²³/

Noun

連城

1. 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

1. to be worth numerous contiguous cities; highly precious

   價值連城／价值连城  ―  jiàzhíliánchéng  ―  highly precious

Proper noun

連城

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