薩克斯

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Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (薩克斯)		薩	克	斯
simp. (萨克斯)		萨	克	斯

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sax or sax.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sàkèsī

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ hak¹ si¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sàkèsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sàkèsih
  - Wade–Giles: sa⁴-kʻo⁴-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: sà-kè-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sahkehsy
  - Palladius: сакэсы (sakɛsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saat³ hak¹ si¹
  - Yale: saat hāk sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ hak⁷ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³ heg¹ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ hɐk̚⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

薩克斯

Sax (surname)

Noun

薩克斯

(music) sax; saxophone

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 薩克斯風 (“saxophone”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薩克斯風, 薩克管, 薩克斯管 Mainland
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	薩克斯風, 薩克管, 薩氏管, 薩克斯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	色士風
Cantonese	Hong Kong	色士風
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	薩克斯風
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	薩克斯風
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	薩克斯風
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	薩克斯風
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	薩克斯風
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薩克斯風
Wu	Shanghai	薩克斯風

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