石澗

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	mountain stream
trad. (石澗)		石	澗
simp. (石涧)		石	涧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ gaan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chien⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjiann
    • Palladius: шицзянь (šiczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ gaan³
    • Yale: sehk gaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ gaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ gan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² kaːn³³/

Noun

石澗

1. (literary or chiefly Hong Kong) rocky stream or brook

   • 由渴而來者，先石渠，後石澗；由百家瀨上而來者，先石澗，後石渠。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     由渴而来者，先石渠，后石涧；由百家濑上而来者，先石涧，后石渠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 812, 石澗記, in 永州八記, Liu Zhongyuan

     Yóu Kě ér lái zhě, xiān shíqú, hòu shíjiàn; yóu Bǎijiālài shàng ér lái zhě, xiān shíjiàn, hòu shíqú. [Pinyin]

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Proper noun

石澗

1. (～鎮) Shijian (a town in Wuwei, Wuhu, Anhui)
2. (～鎮) Shijian (a town in Guangning, Zhaoqing, Guangdong)