汐止

Chinese

		night tides; evening ebbtide	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (汐止)		汐	止
simp. #(汐止)		汐	止

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 汐止(しおどめ) (shiodome, literally “Shiodome”), a calque of Hokkien 水返腳／水返脚 or 水轉腳／水转脚 (Chúi-tńg-kha), the earlier name.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīzhǐ, Xìzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄓˇ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sip-chṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se̍k-chí / Si̍p-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sijhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-chih³
    • Yale: syī-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shijyy
    • Palladius: сичжи (sičži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xìzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-chih³
    • Yale: syì-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihjyy
    • Palladius: сичжи (sičži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ zi²
    • Yale: jihk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sip-chṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: xib` zii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xib⁵ zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sip̚² t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se̍k-chí
    • Tâi-lô: Si̍k-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: segcie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Si̍p-chí
    • Tâi-lô: Si̍p-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sibcie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sip̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sip̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/

Proper noun

汐止

1. (～區, formerly ～鎮, ～市) Xizhi, Sijhih, Hsichih (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)

Descendants

• → English: Hsichih, Sijhih, Xizhi