石澗

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	mountain stream
trad. (石澗)		石	澗
simp. (石涧)		石	涧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíjiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ gaan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjiàn
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-chien⁴
  - Yale: shŕ-jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjiann
  - Palladius: шицзянь (šiczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek⁶ gaan³
  - Yale: sehk gaan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ gaan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ gan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² kaːn³³/

Noun

石澗

(literary or chiefly Hong Kong) rocky stream or brook
- 由渴而來者，先石渠，後石澗；由百家瀨上而來者，先石澗，後石渠。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  由渴而来者，先石渠，后石涧；由百家濑上而来者，先石涧，后石渠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 812, 石澗記, in 永州八記, Liu Zhongyuan
  Yóu Kě ér lái zhě, xiān shíqú, hòu shíjiàn; yóu Bǎijiālài shàng ér lái zhě, xiān shíjiàn, hòu shíqú. [Pinyin]
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Proper noun

石澗

(～鎮) Shijian (a town in Wuwei, Wuhu, Anhui)
(～鎮) Shijian (a town in Guangning, Zhaoqing, Guangdong)