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): ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨˇ
    • 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

1. 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 Hyōgaiji	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)

1. Hanja form^? of 계곡.