絲綢之路

Chinese

		silk	's; him/her/it; this	road; path; way
trad. (絲綢之路)		絲綢	之	路
simp. (丝绸之路)		丝绸	之	路

Etymology

Ultimately a calque of German Seidenstraße.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sīchóu zhī Lù

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄔㄡˊ ㄓㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ cau⁴ zi¹ lou⁶
Min Nan (POJ): Si-tiû-chi-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Sīchóu zhī Lù
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄔㄡˊ ㄓㄌㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sychour jy Luh
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ cau⁴ zi¹ lou⁶
  - Yale: sī chàuh jī louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ tsau⁴ dzi¹ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ceo⁴ ji¹ lou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ lou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Si-tiû-chi-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: Si-tiû-tsi-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: si'diucilo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² tiu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi³³ tiu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi³³ lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² tiu¹³⁻²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ tiu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ tiu²³⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

Proper noun

絲綢之路

Silk Road

Synonyms

絲路／丝路 (Sīlù)

Derived terms

海上絲綢之路／海上丝绸之路 (Hǎishàng Sīchóu zhī Lù)

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