走西口

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	passes of the Great Wall of China in Shanxi, China
simp. and trad. (走西口)		走	西口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒuxīkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄧ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² sai¹ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒuxīkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄧ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒusikǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tsou³-hsi¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: dzǒu-syī-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzooushikoou
    • Palladius: цзоусикоу (czousikou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² sai¹ hau²
    • Yale: jáu sāi háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² sai¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² sei¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

走西口

1. (historical, of Han Chinese) to migrate to central Inner Mongolia during the period between the mid-Ming dynasty and the early Republic of China era