麻城

Chinese

		(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother	city walls; city; town
trad. (麻城)		麻	城
simp. #(麻城)		麻	城

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Máchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Máchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Máchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Ma²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Má-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Macherng
    • Palladius: Мачэн (Mačɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴ sing⁴
    • Yale: màh sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

麻城

1. (～市) Macheng (a county-level city in Huanggang, Hubei, China)
2. (～鎮) Macheng (a town in Duodao district, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

Descendants

• → English: Ma-ch'eng, Macheng