汐止

Chinese

		night tides; evening ebbtide	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (汐止)		汐	止
simp. ^#(汐止)		汐	止

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 汐止(しおどめ) (shiodome, literally “Shiodome”), a calque of Hokkien 水返腳／水返脚 or 水轉腳／水转脚 (Chúi-tńg-kha), the earlier name.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīzhǐ, Xìzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄓˇ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ zi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sip-chṳ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se̍k-chí / Si̍p-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sijhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-chih³
  - Yale: syī-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shijyy
  - Palladius: сичжи (sičži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xìzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-chih³
  - Yale: syì-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihjyy
  - Palladius: сичжи (sičži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik⁶ zi²
  - Yale: jihk jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sip-chṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: xib^ˋ zii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xib⁵ zi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sip̚² t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se̍k-chí
  - Tâi-lô: Si̍k-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: segcie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Si̍p-chí
  - Tâi-lô: Si̍p-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sibcie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sip̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sip̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/

Proper noun

汐止

(～區, formerly ～鎮, ～市) Xizhi, Sijhih, Hsichih (a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)

Descendants

→ English: Hsichih, Sijhih, Xizhi