平城

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (平城)		平	城

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 平城 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Pyongsong (English)
• Pingcheng County (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Píngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Píngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Píngchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻing²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Píng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pyngcherng
    • Palladius: Пинчэн (Pinčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ sing⁴
    • Yale: pìhng sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

平城

1. (～市) Pyongsong (a city in South Pyongan Province, North Korea)
2. (～縣) (historical) Pingcheng County (a county during the Han and Northern Wei dynasties, located around modern-day Datong, Shanxi, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (平城):

• → Japanese: 平城(へいじょう) (Heijō)