矽谷

Chinese

		silicon	valley
trad. (矽谷)		矽	谷
simp. #(矽谷)		矽	谷

Etymology

Calque of English Silicon Valley.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīgǔ, Xìgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨˇ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ guk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sek-kok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-ku³
    • Yale: syī-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiguu
    • Palladius: сигу (sigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xìgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-ku³
    • Yale: syì-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihguu
    • Palladius: сигу (sigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ guk¹
    • Yale: jihk gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² kʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sek-kok
    • Tâi-lô: Sik-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekkog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔk̚³²/

Proper noun

矽谷

1. (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Silicon Valley

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 硅谷 (Guīgǔ)