牆壁

See also: 墙壁 and 墻壁

Chinese

		wall	wall; rampart
trad. (牆壁/墻壁)		牆/墻	壁
simp. (墙壁)		墙	壁
2nd round simp.		垟坒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiángbì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ bik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiûⁿ-piah / chhiôⁿ-piah
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zhian-piq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiángbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciángbì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-pi⁴
    • Yale: chyáng-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangbih
    • Palladius: цянби (cjanbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ bik¹
    • Yale: chèuhng bīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ bik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ big¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ pɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiûⁿ-piah
    • Tâi-lô: tshiûnn-piah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviu'piaq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiũ²³⁻³³ piaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻²² piaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻¹¹ piaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻²² piaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiôⁿ-piah
    • Tâi-lô: tshiônn-piah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioi'piaq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃¹³⁻²² piaʔ³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhian-piq
    • MiniDict: zhian^去 pih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxian-piq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiã²² piɪʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjang pek

Rime
Character	牆	壁
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	在良切	北激切
Baxter	dzjang	pek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨɐŋ/	/pek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɐŋ/	/pek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziɑŋ/	/pɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɨaŋ/	/pɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ziaŋ/	/pek̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭaŋ/	/piek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯aŋ/	/piek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáng	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng4	bik1

Noun

牆壁

1. wall (Classifier: 面 m; 堵 m; 幅 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牆 (“wall”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		牆, 壁, 垣墉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牆, 牆壁, 牆垣
Mandarin	Beijing	牆
	Taiwan	牆
	Jinan	牆
	Luoyang	牆
	Xi'an	牆
	Wuhan	牆
	Chengdu	牆, 壁頭
	Guilin	牆
	Yangzhou	牆
	Hefei	牆
	Singapore	牆壁
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牆
	Hong Kong	牆
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	籬壆, 牆
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	牆
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	牆
	Taishan	牆
	Dongguan	籬
	Yangjiang	牆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	牆
	Hepu (Shatian)	牆
	Beihai	牆
	Beihai (Nankang)	牆
	Beihai (Yingpan)	牆
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	牆壁
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	牆
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	牆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	牆
	Singapore (Guangfu)	牆
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	牆
	Móng Cái	牆
Gan	Nanchang	牆, 壁
	Pingxiang	牆
Hakka	Meixian	牆, 壁
	Yudu	牆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	壁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	壁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	壁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	壁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	壁
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	壁
	Hong Kong	牆, 壁頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	牆
Huizhou	Jixi	牆壁
Jin	Taiyuan	牆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	牆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牆, 牆壁, 壁
Southern Min	Xiamen	牆, 壁, 壁堵
	Quanzhou	壁堵
	Zhao'an	壁
	Tainan	牆, 壁, 壁堵
	Penang (Hokkien)	牆, 壁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	牆, 壁
	Manila (Hokkien)	壁
	Medan (Hokkien)	壁
	Chaozhou	牆
	Bangkok (Teochew)	牆
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	牆
	Singapore (Teochew)	壁, 牆
Puxian Min	Putian	牆, 壁
	Putian (Donghai)	牆, 壁
	Putian (Jiangkou)	牆
	Putian (Nanri)	牆, 壁, 牆壁
	Xianyou	牆
	Xianyou (Fengting)	牆
	Xianyou (Youyang)	牆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牆
Wu	Shanghai	牆頭, 牆壁
	Shanghai (Chongming)	牆
	Suzhou	牆頭, 牆壁
	Danyang	牆頭
	Hangzhou	牆頭
	Ningbo	牆壁
	Wenzhou	屏牆, 牆
Xiang	Changsha	牆壁, 牆, 壁
	Xiangxiang	牆
	Loudi	壁頭
	Shuangfeng	牆頭, 壁頭

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (牆壁):

• → Japanese: 墻(しょう)壁(へき) (shōheki)