石渠
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Chinese
| rock; stone; 10 pecks | big; stream or canal; drain big; stream or canal; drain; ditch | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (石渠) | 石 | 渠 | |
| simp. #(石渠) | 石 | 渠 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan སེར་ཤུལ (ser shul).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄑㄩˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhcyú
- Wade–Giles: Shih2-chʻü2
- Yale: Shŕ-chyú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrchyu
- Palladius: Шицюй (Šicjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sek6 keoi4
- Yale: sehk kèuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: sek9 koey4
- Guangdong Romanization: ség6 kêu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛːk̚² kʰɵy̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
石渠