赤柱

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	pillar
simp. and trad. (赤柱)		赤	柱

Etymology

Attested in 粵大記 [1595].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ cyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhjhù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-chu⁴
    • Yale: chr̀-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhjuh
    • Palladius: чичжу (čičžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ cyu⁵
    • Yale: chek chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ t͡sʰyː¹³/

Proper noun

赤柱

1. Stanley (an area in Hong Kong)
2. Short for 赤柱監獄／赤柱监狱 (“Stanley Prison”) (in Stanley, Hong Kong).

Derived terms

• 赤柱年華／赤柱年华