赤坎

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	pit; threshold
simp. and trad. (赤坎)		赤	坎

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 赤坎鎮 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Chikan, Kaiping (English)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chìkǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄎㄢˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cek³ ham³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ciak¹ ham¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chìkǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄎㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chìhkǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻih⁴-kʻan³
    • Yale: Chr̀-kǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyhkaan
    • Palladius: Чикань (Čikanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ ham³
    • Yale: chek ham
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ ham³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ hem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ hɐm³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ciak¹ ham¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiak̚³³ ham³³/

Proper noun

赤坎

1. (～鎮) Chikan (a town in Kaiping, Guangdong, China)
2. (～區) Chikan (a district of Zhanjiang, China)

Descendants

• → English: Chek Hom, Chikan