# 省城
## Chinese

* 省城 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Guangzhou (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shěngchéng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ ㄔㄥˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saang$^2$ seng$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sang$^2$ siang$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sén-sàng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sên$^3$ sang$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): séng-siâⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sên$^2$ sian$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shěngchéng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ ㄔㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shěngchéng
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^3$-chʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: shěng-chéng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheengcherng
*** Palladius: шэнчэн (šɛnčɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saang$^2$ seng$^4$
*** Yale: sáang sèhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saang$^2$ seng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sang$^2$ séng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːŋ³⁵ sɛːŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sang$^2$ siang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /saŋ⁵⁵ siaŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sén-sàng
*** Hakka Romanization System: sen$^ˋ$ sang$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sen$^3$ sang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sen³¹ saŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sên$^3$ sang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɛn³¹ saŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-siâⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: síng-siânn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sefngsviaa
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siã²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siã²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sên$^2$ sian$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: séⁿ siâⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /sẽ⁵²⁻³⁵ sĩã⁵⁵/

### Noun

省城
* provincial capital

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 省會, 省城, 省治, 省垣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 省會, 省城 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 省城 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 省城, 省會 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 省城 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 省城 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 省會, 省城 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 省會, 省城 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 省會, 省城 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 省會, 省城 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 省會, 省城 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 省會, 省城 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 省會 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 省會 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 省會 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 省城 |

### Proper noun

省城
* (Guangdong, specifically, dated) Guangzhou
** 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “調”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 546:
       zia$^2$ si$^6$ sim$^6$ mih$^4$ kiên$^1$ diou$^7$? sên$^2$ sian$^5$ diou$^7$. [Peng'im]
       What air is this? [A] Cantonese air.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 廣州, 穗 short |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 廣州 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 廣州 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 廣州, 廣府, 省城, 省 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 廣州, 省城, 大圈 slang |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 廣州, 省城 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 省 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 廣州, 省城 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 廣州 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 廣州 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 省 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 廣州 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 廣州 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 廣州 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 廣州 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 廣州 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 廣州 |

#### Derived terms

* 省城人
* 省城話／省城话