竹溪

See also: 竹谿

Chinese

		bamboo	creek
trad. (竹溪/竹谿)		竹	溪/谿
simp. (竹溪)		竹	溪

Map including 竹谿 CHU-CH'I (CHUKI) (walled) (in Hubei Province) (AMS, 1954)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ kai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúsi
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-hsi¹
    • Yale: jú-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwushi
    • Palladius: чжуси (čžusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ kai¹
    • Yale: jūk kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ kei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

竹溪

1. (literally) bamboo groves and creek streams
2. (figuratively) quiet environment

Proper noun

竹溪

1. (～縣) Zhuxi (a county of Shiyan, Hubei, China)

   Synonym: 竹溪縣 / 竹溪县 (Zhúxīxiàn)

2. (～鎮) Zhuxi (a town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China)

Descendants

• → English: Chu-hsi, Zhuxi