竹塹
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Chinese
| bamboo | moat around a city | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (竹塹) | 竹 | 塹 | |
| simp. (竹堑) | 竹 | 堑 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Jhúciàn
- Wade–Giles: Chu2-chʻien4
- Yale: Jú-chyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jwuchiann
- Palladius: Чжуцянь (Čžucjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-chhàm
- Tâi-lô: Tik-tshàm
- Phofsit Daibuun: dekzhaxm
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰam²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰam¹¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-chām
- Tâi-lô: Tik-tsām
- Phofsit Daibuun: dekzam
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sam³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
竹塹
- (historical) Teukcham, Teuxham (a former village and subprefecture in Taiwan)
Derived terms
- 新竹 (Xīnzhú)