# 獅城
## Chinese

* 獅城

### Etymology 1

Calque of Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhapura).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Shīchéng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^1$ sing$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sai-siâⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Shīchéng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Shihchéng
*** Wade–Giles: Shih$^1$-chʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: Shr̄-chéng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shycherng
*** Palladius: Шичэн (Šičɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^1$ sing$^4$
*** Yale: sī sìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^1$ sing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^1$ xing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sai-siâⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Sai-siânn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: saisviaa
*** IPA (Singapore): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² siã²⁴/

#### Proper noun

獅城
* Alternative name for 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō, “Singapore”): Lion City

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 新加坡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 新加坡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 新加坡, 新國 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 新加坡, 星洲 nickname, 獅城 nickname, 小紅點 nickname, 石叻 dated, 石叻埠 dated, 叻埠 dated |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 星加坡, 叻埠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 新加坡, 星加坡, 星國, 星洲 nickname, 叻埠 dated |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 星加坡 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 星加坡 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 星加坡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 新加坡, 石叻 dated |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 新加坡 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 新加坡 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 新加坡, 實叻坡 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 新加坡, 獅城, 石叻 dated |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 新加坡 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 石叻 dated, 叻埠 dated |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 新加坡, 星洲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 新加坡 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 新加坡 |

### Etymology 2

From the city's cultural icon, the Iron Lion of Cangzhou.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Shīchéng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^1$ sing$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Shīchéng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Shihchéng
*** Wade–Giles: Shih$^1$-chʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: Shr̄-chéng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shycherng
*** Palladius: Шичэн (Šičɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^1$ sing$^4$
*** Yale: sī sìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^1$ sing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^1$ xing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

#### Proper noun

獅城
* Alternative name for 滄州／沧州 (Cāngzhōu, “Cangzhou”).

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from a lion-shaped hill/mountain in Zhouning?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Shīchéng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^1$ sing$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Shīchéng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Shihchéng
*** Wade–Giles: Shih$^1$-chʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: Shr̄-chéng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shycherng
*** Palladius: Шичэн (Šičɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^1$ sing$^4$
*** Yale: sī sìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^1$ sing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^1$ xing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

#### Proper noun

獅城
* (～鎮) Shicheng (a town in Zhouning, Ningde, Fujian, China)

### Etymology 4

Calque of Latin Leopolis.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Shīchéng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^1$ sing$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Shīchéng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄔㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Shihchéng
*** Wade–Giles: Shih$^1$-chʻêng$^2$
*** Yale: Shr̄-chéng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shycherng
*** Palladius: Шичэн (Šičɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^1$ sing$^4$
*** Yale: sī sìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^1$ sing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^1$ xing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

#### Proper noun

獅城
* Alternative name for 利沃夫 (Lìwòfū, “Lviv”).

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 獅 | 城 |
| し Jinmeiyō | じょう Grade: 4 |
| goon ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕiʑo̞ː]

### Proper noun

獅(し)城(じょう) • (Shijō)
* Alternative name for シンガポール (Shingapōru, “Singapore”): Lion City