走西口

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	passes of the Great Wall of China in Shanxi, China
simp. and trad. (走西口)		走	西口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǒuxīkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² sai¹ hau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǒuxīkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄎㄡˇ
  - 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⁾/
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/

Verb

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

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