始興

Chinese

		begin	interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular
trad. (始興)		始	興
simp. (始兴)		始	兴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shǐxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² hing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shǐxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shǐhsing
    • Wade–Giles: Shih³-hsing¹
    • Yale: Shř-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyyshing
    • Palladius: Шисин (Šisin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² hing¹
    • Yale: chí hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

始興

1. (～縣) Shixing (a county of Shaoguan, Guangdong, China)
2. (～市) Siheung (a city in South Korea)