西楚霸王

西楚霸王

Chinese

		Western Chu	overlord and king; hegemon; overlord
trad. (西楚霸王)		西楚	霸王
simp. #(西楚霸王)		西楚	霸王

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīchǔ Bàwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨˇ ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ co² baa³ wong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīchǔ Bàwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨˇ ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sichǔ Bàwáng
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-chʻu³ Pa⁴-wang²
    • Yale: Syī-chǔ Bà-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shichuu Bahwang
    • Palladius: Сичу Баван (Siču Bavan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ co² baa³ wong⁴
    • Yale: sāi chó ba wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ tso² baa³ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ co² ba³ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵ paː³³ wɔːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /sei  t͡ʃʰɨʌ^X  pˠa^H  ɦʉɐŋ/

Rime
Character	西	楚	霸	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	初 (19)	幫 (1)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	魚 (22)	麻 (98)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III	II	III
Fanqie	先稽切	創舉切	必駕切	雨方切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/t͡ʃʰɨʌX/	/pˠaH/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔX/	/pᵚaH/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/t͡ʃʰiɔX/	/paH/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆X/	/paɨH/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/sei/	/t͡ʃʰiɔX/	/paH/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/siei/	/t͡ʃʰĭoX/	/paH/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/siei/	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯woX/	/paH/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	chǔ	bà	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai1	co2	baa3	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nˤər  [s.r̥]aʔ  pˤrak-s  ɢʷaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl  sŋ̊ʰraʔ  praːɡs  ɢʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	西	楚	霸	王
Reading #	1/1	1/3	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	chǔ	bà	wáng
Middle Chinese	‹ sej ›	‹ tsrhjoX ›	‹ pæH ›	‹ hjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nˁər/	/*[s.r̥]aʔ/	/*pˁrak-s/	/*ɢʷaŋ/
English	west	arrange in order	have hegemony	king
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	西	楚	霸	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1	1/2
No.	13236	11781	181	12742
Phonetic component	西	疋	霸	王
Rime group	微	魚	暮	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	西	楚	霸	王
Old Chinese	/*sɯːl/	/*sŋ̊ʰraʔ/	/*praːɡs/	/*ɢʷaŋ/

Proper noun

西楚霸王

1. Hegemon-King of Western Chu (Xiang Yu's self-proclaimed title)

   西楚霸王戰敗，自刎於烏江，但世人還是稱他為蓋世英雄。 [MSC, trad.]
   西楚霸王战败，自刎于乌江，但世人还是称他为盖世英雄。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīchǔbàwáng zhànbài, zìwěn yú wūjiāng, dàn shìrén háishì chēng tā wèi gài shì yīngxióng. [Pinyin]

   Xiang Yu was defeated in battle and killed himself on the Wu River, but everyone still calls him a hero of the world.

Synonyms

• 霸王 (Bàwáng)