絲竹

See also: 糸竹

Chinese

		silk; thread; trace	bamboo
trad. (絲竹)		絲	竹
simp. (丝竹)		丝	竹

Etymology

絲 ("silk," referring to string instruments, which formerly had strings made of twisted silk) + 竹 ("bamboo," referring to woodwind instruments, which were typically made of bamboo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ zuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-chuk
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy-tsoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihjhú
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-chu²
    • Yale: sz̄-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syjwu
    • Palladius: сычжу (syčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ zuk¹
    • Yale: sī jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-chuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˊ zug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ zug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴ t͡suk̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sy-tsoq
    • MiniDict: sy^平 tsoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr-tsoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ t͡soʔ²¹/

Noun

絲竹

1. music
2. traditional stringed and woodwind instruments

Derived terms

• 江南絲竹／江南丝竹 (Jiāngnán sīzhú)