錦官城

See also: 锦官城

Chinese

		brocade officer	(walled) city
trad. (錦官城)		錦官	城
simp. (锦官城)		锦官	城

Etymology

From a Han-era office instituted to oversee the quality and supply of the city's then-popular brocade.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jǐnguānchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄢㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² gun¹ sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jǐnguānchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄢㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jǐnguanchéng
  - Wade–Giles: Chin³-kuan¹-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Jǐn-gwān-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiinguancherng
  - Palladius: Цзиньгуаньчэн (Czinʹguanʹčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam² gun¹ sing⁴
  - Yale: gám gūn sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam² gun¹ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem² gun¹ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: kimX kwan dzyeng

Rime
Character	錦	官	城
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	桓 (62)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I	III
Fanqie	居飲切	古丸切	是征切
Baxter	kimX	kwan	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm^X/	/kuɑn/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim^X/	/kʷɑn/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem^X/	/kuɑn/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim^X/	/kwan/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/kjəm^X/	/kuɑn/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm^X/	/kuɑn/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əm^X/	/kuɑn/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐn	guān	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam²	gun¹	sing⁴

Proper noun

錦官城

(informal or literary, obsolete) "City of the Brocade Official", a former nickname of Chengdu, Sichuan.

Derived terms

錦城／锦城 (Jǐnchéng)

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