新城

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	city walls; city; town
trad. (新城)		新	城
simp. #(新城)		新	城

Etymology

Shinshiro

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 新城 (Shinshiro).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîn-sàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-siâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinchéng
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: syīn-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shincherng
    • Palladius: синьчэн (sinʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: sān sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîn-sàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin´ sangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹ sang²
    • Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴ saŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sin-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsviaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² siã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siã²³/

Noun

新城

1. new town; planned community

   Antonym: 故城 (gùchéng)

Proper noun

新城

1. (～市) Shinshiro (a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
2. (～鄉) Xincheng (a rural township in Hualien County, Taiwan)
3. (～鎮) Xincheng (a town in Jiayuguan, Gansu, China)
4. (～社區) Xincheng (a residential community in Ruoqiang, Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China)

Japanese

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
新	城
しん Grade: 2	しろ Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

新(しん)城(しろ) • (Shinshiro) 

1. a surname

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
新	城
しん Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

新(しん)城(じょう) • (Shinjō) 

1. a surname