關西

關西

See also: 关西 and 関西

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	west
trad. (關西)		關	西
simp. (关西)		关	西
anagram		西關／西关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ sai¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Koan-se

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ sai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guansi
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: gwān-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanshi
    • Palladius: гуаньси (guanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwän⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan¹ sai¹
    • Yale: gwāan sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-se
    • Tâi-lô: Kuan-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koansef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ se³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang¹ sai¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang sai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ sai³³/

Noun

關西

1. (archaic) the area to the west of Hangu Pass

Proper noun

關西

1. the Kansai region, a center-west area of Japan, between the areas of 中国 (Chūgoku) and 中部 (Chūbu)
2. (～地方) the Kwansŏ region of North Korea
3. (～鎮) Guanxi, Hsinchu (an urban township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan)
4. (～社區) Guanxi (a residentialcommunity in Zhuodaoquan, Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)