新竹

Chinese

		new	Tek-kham (竹塹)
trad. (新竹)		新	竹
simp. ^#(新竹)		新	竹

Flag of Hsinchu County (新竹縣)

Etymology

From 新 + 竹塹, from the 1878 reform of the administration of Qing-held Taiwan. Hsinchu included the former subprefecture of Tek-kham as well as its surrounding hinterland.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīnzhú
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄓㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ zuk¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sîn-chuk
Min Dong (BUC): Sĭng-dé̤ṳk
Min Nan (POJ): Sin-tek / Sin-tiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnzhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄓㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhú
  - Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-chu²
  - Yale: Syīn-jú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinjwu
  - Palladius: Синьчжу (Sinʹčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ zuk¹
  - Yale: sān jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sîn-chuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin´ zug`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹ zug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕin²⁴ t͡suk̚²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Sĭng-dé̤ṳk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nøyʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-tek
  - Tâi-lô: Sin-tik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sindeg
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-tiok
  - Tâi-lô: Sin-tiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sindiog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin³³ tiɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔk̚³²/

Proper noun

新竹

(～市) Hsinchu (a city in northern Taiwan)
(～縣) Hsinchu (a county in northern Taiwan)
(～科學園區) Hsinchu Science Park (a science park in Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County, Taiwan)

Synonyms

風城／风城 (Fēngchéng) (informal)

Descendants

→ English: Hsinchu, Hsin-chu, Xinzhu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	竹
しん Grade: 2	ちく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Proper noun

新(しん)竹(ちく) • (Shinchiku)

Hsinchu