溪谷

See also: 渓谷

Chinese

		creek	valley
trad. (溪谷)		溪	谷
simp. ^#(溪谷)		溪	谷
alternative forms		谿谷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīgǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹ guk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khe-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - 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⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kai¹ guk¹
  - Yale: kāi gūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹ guk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: kei¹ gug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵ kʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khe-kok
  - Tâi-lô: khe-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qe'kog
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: khej kuwk

Rime
Character	溪	谷
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	苦奚切	古禄切
Baxter	khej	kuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰei/	/kuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰei/	/kuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛi/	/kuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛj/	/kəwk̚/
Li Rong	/kʰei/	/kuk̚/
Wang Li	/kʰiei/	/kuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰiei/	/kuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai¹	guk¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤe C.qˤok/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰeː kloːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	溪	谷
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ khej ›	‹ kuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˁe/	/*C.qˁok/
English	valley with stream in it	valley
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溪	谷
Reading #	1/1	2/3
No.	13360	4299
Phonetic component	奚	谷
Rime group	支	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	谿	穀
Old Chinese	/*kʰeː/	/*kloːɡ/
Notes	同谿

Noun

溪谷

valley; gorge

Synonyms

谷地 (gǔdì)
溪壑

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (溪谷):

→ Japanese: 渓(けい)谷(こく) (keikoku)
→ Korean: 계곡(溪谷) (gyegok)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
溪	谷
けい Hyōgai	こく Grade: 2
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 溪谷 – see the following entry.

【渓谷けいこく】

[noun] ravine, gorge, valley

Alternative spelling
谿谷

(This term, 溪谷, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
溪	谷

Noun

溪谷 • (gyegok) (hangeul 계곡)

hanja form^? of 계곡