赤壁
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Chinese
red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked |
wall; rampart | ||
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| simp. and trad. (赤壁) |
赤 | 壁 | |
| Literally: “red cliffs”. | |||
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cek3 bik1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhiah-piah
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄅㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Chìhbì
- Wade–Giles: Chʻih4-pi4
- Yale: Chr̀-bì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyhbih
- Palladius: Чиби (Čibi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cek3 bik1
- Yale: chek bīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsek8 bik7
- Guangdong Romanization: cég3 big1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ pɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhiah-piah
- Tâi-lô: Tshiah-piah
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiahpiaq
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)⁵ piaʔ⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ piaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien)
Proper noun
赤壁
- (historical) Chibi (place where the Battle of Chibi happened)
- (～市) Chibi (a county-level city in Xianning, Hubei, China)
- (～街道) Chibi (a subdistrict of Huangzhou district, Huanggang, Hubei, China)
- (～鎮) Chibi (a town in Chibi, Xianning, Hubei, China)
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (赤壁):
Others:
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 赤 | 壁 |
| せき Grade: 1 |
へき Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 赤 | 壁 |
Proper noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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| 赤 | 壁 |
Proper noun
赤壁