山谷

山谷

Chinese

		mountain; hill	valley
simp. and trad. (山谷)		山	谷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāngǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ guk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sân-kuk
• Min Nan (POJ): soaⁿ-kok / san-kok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shāngǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanguu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ guk¹
    • Yale: sāan gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ gug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /säːn⁵⁵ kʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân-kuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: san´ gug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san¹ gug⁵
    • IPA: /san²⁴ kuk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-kok
    • Tâi-lô: suann-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'kog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suã³³ kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san-kok
    • Tâi-lô: san-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sankog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /san⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/

Noun

山谷

1. mountain valley

Usage notes

In Chinese, 谷地 (gǔdì) is an umbrella term that can refer to any kind of valley; to be more specific, use the terms 山谷 (shāngǔ), 河谷 (hégǔ) and 低谷 (dīgǔ) to refer to mountain valleys, river valleys and low-lying valleys respectively.

See also

• 低谷 (dīgǔ)
• 谷地 (gǔdì)
• 河谷 (hégǔ)