薩克斯風

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (薩克斯風)		薩克斯	風
simp. (萨克斯风)		萨克斯	风

Etymology

Borrowed from English saxophone, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sàkèsīfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ hak¹ si¹ fung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sa̍k-sṳ̀-fóng / sak-khér-sṳ-fong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sat-khek-su-hong
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷saq-kheq-sy-fon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sàkèsīfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàkèsihfong
    • Wade–Giles: sa⁴-kʻo⁴-ssŭ¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: sà-kè-sz̄-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sahkehsyfeng
    • Palladius: сакэсыфэн (sakɛsyfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ hak¹ si¹ fung¹
    • Yale: saat hāk sī fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ hak⁷ si¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ heg¹ xi¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ hɐk̚⁵ siː⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa̍k-sṳ̀-fóng / sak-khér-sṳ-fong
    • Hakka Romanization System: sag sii^ˇ fong^ˋ / sag^ˋ ker^ˋ sii fong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sag⁶ si² fong³ / sag⁵ ker³ si⁴ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sak̚⁵ sɨ¹¹ foŋ³¹/, /sak̚² kʰə³¹ sɨ⁵⁵ foŋ⁵⁵/

Note: sak-khér-sṳ-fong - from Mandarin.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-khek-su-hong
    • Tâi-lô: sat-khik-su-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: satqeksu'hofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷saq-kheq-sy-fon
    • MiniDict: sah^入 kheh sy fon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴saq-kheq-sr-fon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /saʔ³³ kʰəʔ⁵⁵ sz̩³³ foŋ²¹/

Noun

薩克斯風

1. (chiefly Taiwan, music) saxophone

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 薩克斯風 (“saxophone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薩克斯風, 薩克管, 薩克斯管 Mainland
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	薩克斯風, 薩克管, 薩氏管, 薩克斯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	色士風
	Hong Kong	色士風
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	薩克斯風
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	薩克斯風
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	薩克斯風
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	薩克斯風
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	薩克斯風
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薩克斯風
Wu	Shanghai	薩克斯風