竹塹

Chinese

		bamboo	moat around a city
trad. (竹塹)		竹	塹
simp. (竹堑)		竹	堑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhúqiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tek-chhàm / Tek-chām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhúqiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhúciàn
    • Wade–Giles: Chu²-chʻien⁴
    • Yale: Jú-chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jwuchiann
    • Palladius: Чжуцянь (Čžucjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-chhàm
    • Tâi-lô: Tik-tshàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekzhaxm
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰam¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-chām
    • Tâi-lô: Tik-tsām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekzam
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sam³³/

Proper noun

竹塹

1. (historical) Teukcham, Teuxham (a former village and subprefecture in Taiwan)

Derived terms

• 新竹 (Xīnzhú)