新竹

Chinese

		new	Tek-kham (竹塹)
trad. (新竹)		新	竹
simp. ^#(新竹)		新	竹

Etymology

From 新 (xīn) + 竹塹 / 竹堑 (Zhúqiàn), from the 1878 reform of the administration of Qing-held Taiwan. Hsinchu included the former subprefecture of Tek-kham as well as its surrounding hinterland.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīnzhú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄓㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ zuk¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Sîn-chuk

(Hailu, HRS): sin^ˋ zhug
Eastern Min (BUC): Sĭng-dé̤ṳk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing¹ doeh⁶ / sing¹ dyoeh⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sin-tek / Sin-tiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnzhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄓㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhú
  - Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-chu²
  - Yale: Syīn-jú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinjwu
  - Palladius: Синьчжу (Sinʹčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ zuk¹
  - Yale: sān jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sîn-chuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin^ˊ zug^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹ zug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴ t͡suk̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sin^ˋ zhug
  - Sinological IPA: /sin⁵³ t͡ʃuk⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Sĭng-dé̤ṳk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nøyʔ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sing¹ doeh⁶ [Phonetic: sing² doeh⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Sing-de̤h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ tœʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sing¹ dyoeh⁶ [Phonetic: sing² dyoeh⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ tyøʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-tek
  - Tâi-lô: Sin-tik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sindeg
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-tiok
  - Tâi-lô: Sin-tiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sindiog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ tiɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔk̚³²/

Proper noun

新竹

(～市) Hsinchu (a city in northern Taiwan)
(～縣) Hsinchu (a county in northern Taiwan)
(～科學園區) Hsinchu Science Park (a science park in Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County, Taiwan)

Synonyms

風城／风城 (Fēngchéng) (informal)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (新竹):

→ Japanese: 新竹(しんちく) (Shinchiku)
→ Vietnamese: Tân Trúc (新竹)

→ English: Hsinchu, Hsin-chu, Xinzhu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	竹
しん Grade: 2	ちく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Proper noun

新(しん)竹(ちく) • (Shinchiku)

Hsinchu (a city in Taiwan)