赤市

赤市

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (赤市)		赤	市

Etymology

From English Texas, via Taishanese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ si⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chìhshìh
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻih⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: Chr̀-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyhshyh
    • Palladius: Чиши (Čiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ si⁵
    • Yale: chek síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ siː¹³/

Proper noun

赤市

1. (～省) (obsolete) Texas (a state of the United States)

   赤市省火活本埠 [Taishanese, trad. and simp.]

   Fort Worth, Texas

   • 1917 January 9, 大漢公報 [The Chinese Times], page 9:

     旅赤市省打罅市埠 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     travelling in Dallas, Texas