無錫

See also: 无锡

Chinese

		not have	tin
trad. (無錫)		無	錫
simp. (无锡)		无	锡

Etymology

Possibly from Tai-Kadai languages.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wúxī, Wúxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄒㄧ, ㄨˊ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ sek³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Vù-sit
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ù-sék
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Bû-siah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ siah⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶vu-shiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wúxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúsi
    • Wade–Giles: Wu²-hsi¹
    • Yale: Wú-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wushi
    • Palladius: Уси (Usi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wúxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúsí
    • Wade–Giles: Wu²-hsi²
    • Yale: Wú-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wushyi
    • Palladius: Уси (Usi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ sek³
    • Yale: mòuh sek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ sek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ség³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɛːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vù-sit
    • Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ xid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu² xid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ sit̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ù-sék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bû-siah
    • Tâi-lô: Bû-siah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: busiaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² siaʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ siah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô siah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siaʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶vu-shiq
    • MiniDict: vu^去 shih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vu-xiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vu²² ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

無錫

1. (～市) Wuxi (a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China)

Descendants

• → English: Wuhsi, Wu-hsi, Wusih, Wuxi

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	錫
む Grade: 4	しゃく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

無(む)錫(しゃく) • (Mushaku) 

1. Wuxi (a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China)

   『無(む)錫(しゃく)旅(りょ)情(じょう)』

   “Mushaku Ryojō”

   "Traveling in Wuxi" (song by Daisaku Ogata)