錫金

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (錫金)		錫	金
simp. (锡金)		锡	金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xījīn, Xíjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄣ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek³ gam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Siak-kim / Sek-kim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xījīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sijin
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-chin¹
    • Yale: syī-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shijin
    • Palladius: сицзинь (siczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síjin
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-chin¹
    • Yale: syí-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyijin
    • Palladius: сицзинь (siczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek³ gam¹
    • Yale: sek gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁸ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség³ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚³ kɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siak-kim
    • Tâi-lô: Siak-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siakkym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sek-kim
    • Tâi-lô: Sik-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekkym
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kim⁴⁴/

Proper noun

錫金

2. (～邦) Sikkim (a state in eastern India; capital: Gangtok)
4. (historical) (～王國) Sikkim (a former country in Asia, which existed until 1975)

Synonyms

• (historical) 哲孟雄 (Zhémèngxióng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (錫金):

• → Vietnamese: Xích Kim (錫金)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
錫	金

Proper noun

錫金

1. chữ Hán form of Xích Kim (“Sikkim”).