絲綢

Chinese

		silk; thread; trace	(light) silk
trad. (絲綢)		絲	綢
simp. (丝绸)		丝	绸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sīchóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄔㄡˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сычу (sɨču, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ cau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-chhù
• Northern Min (KCR): sí-diû
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĭ-dièu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): si-tiû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si¹ diu⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy-zeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīchóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄔㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihchóu
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-chʻou²
    • Yale: sz̄-chóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sychour
    • Palladius: сычоу (syčou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сычу (sɨču, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰou²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ cau⁴
    • Yale: sī chàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ tsau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ceo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-chhù
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˊ cu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ cu²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴ t͡sʰu¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sí-diû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁴ tiu³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭ-dièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁵ ^(t-)lieu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-tiû
    • Tâi-lô: si-tiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'diuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁴⁴⁻²² tiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si³³ tiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² tiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁴⁴⁻³³ tiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴⁴⁻³³ tiu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si¹ diu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si tiû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³⁻²³ tiu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sy-zeu
    • MiniDict: sy^平 zeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr-zeu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ zɤ²¹/

Noun

絲綢

1. silk (as cloth or fabric)

Derived terms

• 柞絲綢 / 柞丝绸
• 絲綢之路 / 丝绸之路 (Sīchóu zhī Lù)