城隍爺

Chinese

		city wall and moat; protected city	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (城隍爺)		城隍	爺
simp. (城隍爷)		城隍	爷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Chénghuángyé

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄝˊ
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sàng-fòng-yà

(Hailu, HRS): shang fong rha
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing² horng² ia²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-hông-iâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Chénghuángyé
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Chénghuángyé
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻêng²-huang²-yeh²
  - Yale: Chéng-hwáng-yé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chernghwangye
  - Palladius: Чэнхуанъе (Čɛnxuanʺje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-fòng-yà
  - Hakka Romanization System: sang^ˇ fong^ˇ ia^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang² fong² ya²
  - Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ foŋ¹¹ i̯a¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-fòng-yà
  - Hakka Romanization System: sang^ˇ fong^ˇ (r)ia^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang² fong² ya²
  - Sinological IPA: /saŋ¹¹ foŋ¹¹ (j)i̯a¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shang fong rha
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃaŋ⁵⁵ foŋ⁵⁵ ʒa⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sing² horng² ia² [Phonetic: sing⁵ norng⁵ ngia²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: síng-hó̤ng-iá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(h-)nɒŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(Ø-)ŋia¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sing² horng² ia² [Phonetic: sing⁵ norng⁵ ngia²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(h-)nɒŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋia²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-hông-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-hông-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senghong'iaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² hɔŋ¹³⁻²² ia¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³⁻³³ ia²³/

Proper noun

城隍爺

(religion) synonym of 城隍 (Chénghuáng, “City God”)

References

“Entry #2513”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “城隍爷”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 497.