赤壁

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	wall; rampart
simp. and trad. (赤壁)		赤	壁
Literally: “red cliffs”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Chìbì

(Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ bik¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cih⁶ bih⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhiah-piah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Chìbì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Chìhbì
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻih⁴-pi⁴
  - Yale: Chr̀-bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyhbih
  - Palladius: Чиби (Čibi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cek³ bik¹
  - Yale: chek bīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ bik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: cég³ big¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ pɪk̚⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cih⁶ bih⁶ [Phonetic: cih⁴ bih⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Chih-bih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiʔ²¹⁻⁴² piʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cih⁶ bih⁶ [Phonetic: cih⁷ bih⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiʔ²⁻⁴ piʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhiah-piah
  - Tâi-lô: Tshiah-piah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiahpiaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)⁵ piaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ piaʔ³²/

Proper noun

赤壁

(historical) Chibi (place where the Battle of Chibi happened)
(～市) Chibi (a county-level city of Xianning, Hubei, China)
(～街道) Chibi (a subdistrict of Huangzhou district, Huanggang, Hubei, China)
(～鎮) Chibi (a town in Chibi, Xianning, Hubei, China)

Derived terms

赤壁之戰 / 赤壁之战
赤壁鏖兵
鏖兵赤壁

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (赤壁):

→ Japanese: 赤壁(せきへき) (Sekiheki)
→ Korean: 적벽(赤壁) (Jeokbyeok)
→ Vietnamese: Xích Bích (赤壁)

Others:

→ English: Ch'ih-pi, Chibi
→ Thai: เซ็กเพ็ก

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	壁
せき Grade: 1	へき Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [se̞kʲihe̞kʲi]

Proper noun

赤(せき)壁(へき) • (Sekiheki)

(historical) Chibi

Korean

Hanja in this term
赤	壁

Proper noun

赤壁 • (Jeokbyeok) (hangeul 적벽)

hanja form^? of 적벽 (“Chibi”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
赤	壁

Proper noun

赤壁

chữ Hán form of Xích Bích (“Chibi”)