赤壁

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	wall; rampart
simp. and trad. (赤壁)		赤	壁
Literally: “red cliffs”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chìbì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ bik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhiah-piah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chìbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chìhbì
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻih⁴-pi⁴
    • Yale: Chr̀-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyhbih
    • Palladius: Чиби (Čibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ bik¹
    • Yale: chek bīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ bik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ big¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ pɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhiah-piah
    • Tâi-lô: Tshiah-piah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiahpiaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)⁵ piaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ piaʔ³²/

Proper noun

赤壁

1. (historical) Chibi (place where the Battle of Chibi happened)
2. (～市) Chibi (a county-level city in Xianning, Hubei, China)
3. (～街道) Chibi (a subdistrict of Huangzhou district, Huanggang, Hubei, China)
4. (～鎮) Chibi (a town in Chibi, Xianning, Hubei, China)

Derived terms

• 赤壁之戰／赤壁之战
• 赤壁鏖兵
• 鏖兵赤壁

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (赤壁):

• → Japanese: 赤壁(せきへき) (Sekiheki)
• → Korean: 적벽(赤壁) (Jeokbyeok)
• → Vietnamese: Xích Bích (赤壁)

Others:

• → English: Ch'ih-pi, Chibi
• → Thai: เซ็กเพ็ก

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	壁
せき Grade: 1	へき Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲihe̞kʲi]

Proper noun

赤(せき)壁(へき) • (Sekiheki) 

1. (historical) Chibi

Korean

Hanja in this term
赤	壁

Proper noun

赤壁 • (Jeokbyeok) (hangeul 적벽)

1. Hanja form^? of 적벽 (“Chibi”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
赤	壁

Proper noun

赤壁

1. chữ Hán form of Xích Bích (“Chibi”).