無錫

See also: 无锡

Chinese

		not have	tin
trad. (無錫)		無	錫
simp. (无锡)		无	锡

Etymology

Possibly from Tai-Kadai languages.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wúxī, Wúxí

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄒㄧ, ㄨˊ ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ sek³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Vù-sit
Eastern Min (BUC): Ù-sék
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Bû-siah

(Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ siah⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶vu-shiq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wúxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wúsi
  - Wade–Giles: Wu²-hsi¹
  - Yale: Wú-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wushi
  - Palladius: Уси (Usi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wúxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wúsí
  - Wade–Giles: Wu²-hsi²
  - Yale: Wú-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wushyi
  - Palladius: Уси (Usi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ sek³
  - Yale: mòuh sek
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ sek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ség³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɛːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vù-sit
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˇ xid^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² xid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ sit̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Ù-sék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛiʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bû-siah
  - Tâi-lô: Bû-siah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: busiaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² siaʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bho⁵ siah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô siah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siaʔ²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶vu-shiq
  - MiniDict: vu^去 shih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vu-xiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vu²² ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

無錫

(～市) Wuxi (a prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China)

Descendants

→ English: Wuhsi, Wu-hsi, Wusih, Wuxi

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	錫
む Grade: 4	しゃく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɕa̠kɯ̟]

Proper noun

無(む)錫(しゃく) • (Mushaku)

Wuxi (a prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China)
『無(む)錫(しゃく)旅(りょ)情(じょう)』
“Mushaku Ryojō”
"Traveling in Wuxi" (song by Daisaku Ogata)