# 孟津
## Chinese

* 孟津 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 孟津 (Cantonese)
* Bēng-chin-koān (Southern Min)

### Etymology

Mengjin began as an ancient ferry crossing for the Yellow River. According to legend, King Wu of Zhou crossed the Yellow River at this location, after forming an alliance (盟/méng/alliance + 津/jīn/ferry crossing) with the other nobles. One theory goes that the original name was actually 盟津 (literally: the ferry crossing of the alliance) rather than 孟津 (盟 and 孟 are both rendered as Meng). According to this theory, it was only in later times that the character 盟 was mistakenly replaced by 孟. The ferry crossing was an important strategic location during times of war.(Can this etymology be sourced?)
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The pronunciation of 盟 (MC maengH) in 盟津 (MC maengH tsin) is different from that of 盟 (MC mjaeng) in 會盟 (MC hwajH mjaeng, “to meet and form an alliance”).”

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Mèngjīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maang$^6$ zeon$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Mèngjīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Mèngjin
*** Wade–Giles: Mêng$^4$-chin$^1$
*** Yale: Mèng-jīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Menqjin
*** Palladius: Мэнцзинь (Mɛnczinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maang$^6$ zeon$^1$
*** Yale: maahng jēun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maang$^6$ dzoen$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mang$^6$ zên$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːŋ²² t͡sɵn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: maengH tsin
Rime :
| Character | 孟 | 津 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (109) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 莫更切 | 將鄰切 |
| Baxter | maengH | tsin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠæŋ$^H$/ | /t͡siɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚaŋ$^H$/ | /t͡sin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /maŋ$^H$/ | /t͡sjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /maɨjŋ$^H$/ | /t͡sin/ |
| Li Rong | /mɐŋ$^H$/ | /t͡siĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /mɐŋ$^H$/ | /t͡sĭĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mɐŋ$^H$/ | /t͡si̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mèng | jīn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mang$^6$ | zan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤraŋ-s [ts]i[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mraːŋs ʔslin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 孟 | 津 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mèng | jīn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mæng$^H$ › | ‹ tsin › |
| Old Chinese | /*mˁraŋ-s/ | /*[ts]i[n]/ |
| English | eldest, great | ford (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 孟 | 津 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9152 | 6725 |
| Phonetic component | 皿 | 津 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 孟 | 津 |
| Old Chinese | /*mraːŋs/ | /*ʔslin/ |

### Proper noun

孟津
* (～區, formerly ～縣) Mengjin (a district and former county of Luoyang, Henan, China)
* (historical) the site of a ferry crossing for the Yellow River (located in the northeastern part of present day Mengjin County)