絲綢之路

Chinese

		silk	's; him/her/it; this	road; path; way
trad. (絲綢之路)		絲綢	之	路
simp. (丝绸之路)		丝绸	之	路

Etymology

Ultimately a calque of German Seidenstraße.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sīchóu zhī Lù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄔㄡˊ ㄓ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ cau⁴ zi¹ lou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Si-tiû-chi-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sīchóu zhī Lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄔㄡˊ ㄓ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sihchóu jhih Lù
    • Wade–Giles: Ssŭ¹-chʻou² chih¹ Lu⁴
    • Yale: Sz̄-chóu jr̄ Lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sychour jy Luh
    • Palladius: Сычоу чжи Лу (Syčou čži Lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ cau⁴ zi¹ lou⁶
    • Yale: sī chàuh jī louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ tsau⁴ dzi¹ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ceo⁴ ji¹ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ lou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Si-tiû-chi-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: Si-tiû-tsi-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'diucilo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁴⁴⁻²² tiu²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si³³ tiu²⁴⁻²² t͡si³³ lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² tiu¹³⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁴⁴⁻³³ tiu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴⁴⁻³³ tiu²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

Proper noun

絲綢之路

1. Silk Road

Synonyms

• 絲路／丝路 (Sīlù)
• 絲道／丝道

Derived terms

• 海上絲綢之路 / 海上丝绸之路 (Hǎishàng Sīchóu zhī Lù)