新竹

Chinese

		new	Tek-kham (竹塹)
trad. (新竹)		新	竹
simp. #(新竹)		新	竹

Flag of Hsinchu County (新竹縣)

Etymology

From 新 (xīn) + 竹塹／竹堑 (Zhúqiàn), from the 1878 reform of the administration of Qing-held Taiwan. Hsinchu included the former subprefecture of Tek-kham as well as its surrounding hinterland.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīnzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ zuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sîn-chuk
• Eastern Min (BUC): Sĭng-dé̤ṳk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sin-tek / Sin-tiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhú
    • Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-chu²
    • Yale: Syīn-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinjwu
    • Palladius: Синьчжу (Sinʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ zuk¹
    • Yale: sān jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sîn-chuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin´ zug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹ zug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴ t͡suk̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sĭng-dé̤ṳk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nøyʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-tek
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sindeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-tiok
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-tiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sindiog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ tiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔk̚³²/

Proper noun

新竹

1. (～市) Hsinchu (a city in northern Taiwan)
2. (～縣) Hsinchu (a county in northern Taiwan)
3. (～科學園區) Hsinchu Science Park (a science park in Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County, Taiwan)

Synonyms

• 風城／风城 (Fēngchéng) (informal)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (新竹):

• → Japanese: 新竹(しんちく) (Shinchiku)
• → Vietnamese: Tân Trúc (新竹)

→ English: Hsinchu, Hsin-chu, Xinzhu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	竹
しん Grade: 2	ちく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Proper noun

新(しん)竹(ちく) • (Shinchiku) 

1. Hsinchu (a city in Taiwan)