臺城

Chinese

		(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station	city walls; city; town
trad. (臺城/台城)		臺/台	城
simp. (台城)		台	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Táichéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): toi⁴ seng⁴, toi⁴ sing⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hoi³ siang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Táichéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Táichéng
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Tái-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taircherng
    • Palladius: Тайчэн (Tajčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi⁴ seng⁴, toi⁴ sing⁴
    • Yale: tòih sèhng, tòih sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ seng⁴, toi⁴ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ séng⁴, toi⁴ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ sɛːŋ²¹/, /tʰɔːi̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hoi³ siang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔi²² siaŋ²²/

Proper noun

臺城

1. (～街道) Taicheng (a subdistrict of Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China)

   • 第三組讀塞音的方言極少，例字亦寥寥無幾；南海九江和斗門鎮各有八個例字，而開平1、臺城2及鶴山只各一孤例。 [MSC, trad.]
     第三组读塞音的方言极少，例字亦寥寥无几；南海九江和斗门镇各有八个例字，而开平1、台城2及鹤山只各一孤例。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2006, 余靄芹 (Anne Oi-kan Yue-Hashimoto), 粵音構擬之二：聲母, in 《山高水長：丁邦新先生七秩壽慶論文集》, page 104

     Dì-sān zǔ dú sèyīn de fāngyán jíshǎo, lìzì yì liáoliáowújǐ; Nánhǎi Jiǔjiāng hé Dǒumén Zhèn gè yǒu bā ge lìzì, ér Kāipíng 1, Táichéng 2 jí Hèshān zhǐ gè yī gūlì. [Pinyin]

     There are extremely few dialects that pronounce the third group as stops, and example characters are very few in number; Jiujiang, Nanhai and Doumen Town each have eight examples, and Kaiping 1, Taicheng 2, and Heshan each only have one example.

   • 新寧鐵路從1906年的破土動工，至1920年3月全線通車，歷時14年，建成鐵路長138.101公里，幹線從臺山的斗山鎮至江門北街，支線從臺山的臺城至白沙，幹線共設車站37個。 [MSC, trad.]
     新宁铁路从1906年的破土动工，至1920年3月全线通车，历时14年，建成铁路长138.101公里，干线从台山的斗山镇至江门北街，支线从台山的台城至白沙，干线共设车站37个。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2014, 黃安年, 《道釘，不再沉默：建設北美鐵路的華工》, page 136

     Xīnníng Tiělù cóng 1906 nián de pòtǔ dònggōng, zhì 1920 nián 3-yuè quánxiàn tōngchē, lìshí 14 nián, jiànchéng tiělù cháng 138.101 gōnglǐ, gànxiàn cóng Táishān de Dǒushān Zhèn zhì Jiāngmén Běijiē, zhīxiàn cóng Táishān de Táichéng zhì Báishā, gànxiàn gòng shè chēzhàn 37 ge. [Pinyin]

     Sun Ning Railway broke ground and started construction in 1906, and until the entire route had service in March 1920, the construction lasted 14 years, building a railroad that is 138.101 km long. The main line ran from Doushan Town, Taishan to Beijie, Jiangmen, and the branch line ran from Taicheng to Baisha in Taishan; a total of 37 stations were installed in the main line.

Usage notes

• 台城 is much more common than 臺城, even in traditional Chinese.