雙溪

雙溪

Chinese

		two; double; pair two; double; pair; both	creek
trad. (雙溪)		雙	溪
simp. (双溪)		双	溪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāngxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ kai¹
• Min Nan (POJ): siang-khe / siang-khoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuangsi
    • Wade–Giles: shuang¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: shwāng-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuangshi
    • Palladius: шуанси (šuansi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂwɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ kai¹
    • Yale: sēung kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ kei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-khe / siang-khoe
    • Tâi-lô: siang-khe / siang-khue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangqef, siangqoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰe⁴⁴/, /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaŋ³³ kʰe³³/, /ɕiaŋ³³ kʰue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰe⁴⁴/, /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/, /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/, /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰue⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Phono-semantic matching of Malay sungai (“river”), probably via Cantonese.

Noun

雙溪

1. (in Malay placenames) river

   Synonym: 宋溪

Derived terms

雙溪大年／双溪大年 (Shuāngxī Dànián) 雙溪毛糯／双溪毛糯 (Shuāngxī Máonuò)

雙溪蘭／双溪兰

Etymology 2

From earlier 頂雙溪／顶双溪 (Téng-siang-khe), originally referring to the area around the confluence of the Pinglin River (平林溪) and Mudan River (牡丹溪).

Proper noun

雙溪

1. (～區) Shuangxi (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)