五腳基

Chinese

		five	role; foot; base	base; foundation; basic base; foundation; basic; (chemistry) radical
trad. (五腳基)		五	腳	基
simp. (五脚基)		五	脚	基
alternative forms		五腳氣／五脚气 五腳起／五脚起

Etymology

Partial calque of Malay kaki lima (literally “five feet”), via Hokkien 五跤記／五跤记 (gō͘-kha-kì), from 五 (“five”) + phono-semantic matching of Malay kaki (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔjiǎojī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔjiǎojī [Phonetic: wújiǎojī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔjiǎoji
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-chiao³-chi¹
    • Yale: wǔ-jyǎu-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuujeauji
    • Palladius: уцзяоцзи (uczjaoczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

Noun

五腳基

1. five-foot way (roofed pedestrian walkway under a qilou)