介休

介休

Chinese

		introduce; lie between; between	to rest
simp. and trad. (介休)		介	休
Literally: “Jie Zhitui's place of rest”.

Etymology

Supposedly named by Ji Chong'er, the Wen Duke of Jin, in his remorse for having killed his loyal subject Jie Zhitui and Jie's mother with an intentional forest fire in the region.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jièxiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³ jau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jièxiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jièsiou
    • Wade–Giles: Chieh⁴-hsiu¹
    • Yale: Jyè-syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiehshiou
    • Palladius: Цзесю (Czesju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛ⁵¹ ɕjoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai³ jau¹
    • Yale: gaai yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³ jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai³ yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

介休

1. (～市) Jiexiu (a county-level city in Jinzhong, Shanxi, China)

Derived terms

介休話／介休话