走西口
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Chinese
[edit]to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave |
passes of the Great Wall of China in Shanxi, China | ||
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simp. and trad. (走西口) |
走 | 西口 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄧ ㄎㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zǒusikǒu
- Wade–Giles: tsou3-hsi1-kʻou3
- Yale: dzǒu-syī-kǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzooushikoou
- Palladius: цзоусикоу (czousikou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zau2 sai1 hau2
- Yale: jáu sāi háu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzau2 sai1 hau2
- Guangdong Romanization: zeo2 sei1 heo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]走西口
- (historical, of Han Chinese) to migrate to central Inner Mongolia during the period between the mid-Ming dynasty and the early Republic of China era