陝西

陝西

See also: 陕西

Chinese

		Shan Pass	west
trad. (陝西)		陝	西
simp. (陕西)		陕	西

Etymology

From its position west of the Shan Pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shǎnxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim² sai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sám-sî
• Min Dong (BUC): Siēng-să̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Siám-sai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siem² sai¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): soe xi (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Shǎnxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaanshi
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim² sai¹
    • Yale: sím sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim² sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim² sei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sám-sî
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam` xi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam³ xi¹
    • IPA: /sam³¹ ɕi²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Siēng-să̤
    • IPA ^(key): /sieŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)nɛ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siám-sai
    • Tâi-lô: Siám-sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ saɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ saɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ saɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ saɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ saɪ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siem² sai¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siṳ́m sai
    • IPA ^(key): /siɯm⁵²⁻³⁵ sai³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: soe xi (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /sø³³ ɕi⁴⁴/

Proper noun

陝西

1. (～省) Shaanxi (a province of China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
陝	西
せん Hyōgaiji	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

陝西 (hiragana せんせい, rōmaji Sensei)

1. Shaanxi