西京

西京

Chinese

		west	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (西京)		西	京

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xījīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ ging¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: Xījīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shijing
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sijing
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 吸睛 西京 西經／西经

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: sai¹ ging¹
    • Yale: sāi gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ ging¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 西京 西經／西经

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• Middle Chinese: /sei  kˠiæŋ/▼

Rime
Character	西	京
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	先稽切	舉卿切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/kˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/kᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/kiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/kiajŋ/
Li Rong	/sei/	/kiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/siei/	/kĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/siei/	/ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	jīng

Proper noun

西京

1. (historical) "The Western Capital", a former name of:
   1. Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi, during the Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties
   2. Luoyang (洛陽), Henan, during the later Jin dynasty
   3. Datong (大同), Shanxi, during the Liao dynasty
   4. Chengdu (成都), Sichuan, during its occupation by a short-lived successor state to the Ming.

See also

• 東京／东京 (Dōngjīng)
• 北京 (Běijīng)
• 南京 (Nánjīng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	京
さい Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) さいきょー [sàíkyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠ikʲo̞ː]

Noun

西京 (hiragana さいきょう, rōmaji saikyō, historical hiragana さいきやう)

1. a western capital, a former name of a number of cities

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
西	京

Proper noun

西京 • (Seogyeong) (hangeul 서경)

1. Hanja form^? of 서경 (“a western capital, a former name of a number of cities”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
西	京

Proper noun

西京

1. Hán tự form of Tây Kinh (“a western capital, a former name of a number of cities”).