檳城

See also: 槟城

Chinese

		betel	city walls; city; town
trad. (檳城)		檳	城
simp. (槟城)		槟	城
alternative forms		梹城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bīngchéng, Bīnchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄔㄥˊ, ㄅㄧㄣ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Peng-siâⁿ / Pin-siâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bīngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingchéng
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: bīng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingcherng
    • Palladius: бинчэн (binčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bīnchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: binchéng
    • Wade–Giles: pin¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: bīn-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bincherng
    • Palladius: биньчэн (binʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: bān sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Peng-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Ping-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengsviaa
    • IPA (Penang): /peŋ³³⁻²¹ siã²³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pin-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Pin-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinsviaa
    • IPA (Penang): /pin³³⁻²¹ siã²³/

Proper noun

檳城

1. Penang (a state of Malaysia)
   • 1919, “有志竟成”, in 孫文學說, 華國印書局, page 154:

     時各人親見檳城同志之窮，吾等亡命境地之困，日常之費每有不給，顧安得餘資以為活動，予再三言必可設法。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     时各人亲见槟城同志之穷，吾等亡命境地之困，日常之费每有不给，顾安得余资以为活动，予再三言必可设法。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Shí gèrén qīn jiàn Bīnchéng tóngzhì zhī qióng, wúděng wángmìng jìngdì zhī kùn, rìcháng zhī fèi měi yǒu bùjǐ, gù ān dé yúzī yǐwéi huódòng, yǔ zàisān yán bì kě shèfǎ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• 檳州／槟州 (Bīnzhōu)

Dialectal synonyms of 檳城 (“Penang”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		檳城
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	檳城
	Malaysia	檳城
	Singapore	檳城
Cantonese	Hong Kong	檳城
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	庇能, 檳城

See also

• 檳榔嶼／槟榔屿 (Bīngláng Yǔ)