矽谷

Chinese

		silicon	valley
trad. (矽谷)		矽	谷
simp. ^#(矽谷)		矽	谷

Etymology

Calque of English Silicon Valley.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīgǔ, Xìgǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄍㄨˇ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ guk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sek-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīgǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sigǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-ku³
  - Yale: syī-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiguu
  - Palladius: сигу (sigu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xìgǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìgǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-ku³
  - Yale: syì-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihguu
  - Palladius: сигу (sigu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik⁶ guk¹
  - Yale: jihk gūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ guk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ gug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² kʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sek-kok
  - Tâi-lô: Sik-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekkog
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔk̚³²/

Proper noun

矽谷

(Hong Kong, Taiwan) Silicon Valley

Synonyms

(Mainland China) 硅谷 (Guīgǔ)