硅谷

Chinese

		silicon	valley
simp. and trad. (硅谷)		硅	谷

Etymology

Calque of English Silicon Valley.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guīgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ guk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guīgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gueigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Kuei¹-ku³
    • Yale: Gwēi-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueiguu
    • Palladius: Гуйгу (Gujgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ guk¹
    • Yale: gwāi gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kʊk̚⁵/

Proper noun

硅谷

1. (Mainland China) Silicon Valley

Synonyms

• (Hong Kong, Taiwan) 矽谷 (Xīgǔ)