交趾

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	toe; foot
simp. and trad. (交趾)		交	趾
alternative forms		交阯 交址

Etymology

Traditionally said to have been a placename from the time of the sage-king Yao. In fact, an early form of the name Giao Chỉ seems to have been used by the native states for the area around the Red River delta prior to the Chinese conquest.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiāozhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāozhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiaojhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Chiao¹-chih³
    • Yale: Jyāu-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiaujyy
    • Palladius: Цзяочжи (Czjaočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ zi²
    • Yale: gāau jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 膠子／胶子 膠紙／胶纸

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 交趾

1. (～郡) (historical) Jiaozhi (the ancient Chinese commandery in northern Vietnam first established under the Han dynasty)
2. (historical) Jiaozhi (a generic term for the lands south of the Five Ridges (Dayu, Qitian, Dupang, Mengzhu, and Yuecheng) in Liangguang, essentially comprising North Vietnam)

See also

• 交州 (Jiāozhōu)

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Vietnamese

Proper noun

交趾

1. chữ Hán form of Giao Chỉ.