西域

Chinese

		west	region
simp. and trad. (西域)		西	域

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ wik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-vet

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siyù
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-yü⁴
    • Yale: Syī-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiyuh
    • Palladius: Сиюй (Sijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ wik⁶
    • Yale: sāi wihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ wik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ wig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ wɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-vet
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ ved^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ ved⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ vet̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: sej hwik

Rime
Character	西	域
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	職 (135)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	先稽切	雨逼切
Baxter	sej	hwik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/ɦwɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/ɦʷɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/ɣiuek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/ɦwik̚/
Li Rong	/sei/	/ɣiuək̚/
Wang Li	/siei/	/ɣĭwək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siei/	/i̯wək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai1	wik6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nˤər  [ɢ]ʷrək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl  ɢʷrɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	西	域
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ sej ›	‹ hwik ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nˁər/	/*[ɢ]ʷrək/
English	west	territory
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	域
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13236	5554
Phonetic component	西	或
Rime group	微	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	西	域
Old Chinese	/*sɯːl/	/*ɢʷrɯɡ/

Proper noun

西域

1. (historical) Western Regions (historical region west of the Jade Gate along the Silk Road)

   • 前君為先帝畫匈奴之策：「兵據西域，奪之便勢之地，以候其變。以漢之強，攻於匈奴之眾，若以強弩潰癰疽。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     前君为先帝画匈奴之策：「兵据西域，夺之便势之地，以候其变。以汉之强，攻于匈奴之众，若以强弩溃痈疽。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huan Kuan, Discourses on Salt and Iron, c. 1^st century BCE

     Qián jūn wèi xiāndì huà Xiōngnú zhī cè: “Bīng jù Xīyù, duó zhī biànshì zhī dì, yǐ hòu qí biàn. Yǐ Hàn zhī qiáng, gōng yú Xiōngnú zhī zhòng, ruò yǐ qiángnǔ kuì yōngjū.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• 大唐西域記／大唐西域记
• 西域曆／西域历 (Xīyùlì)
• 西域記／西域记

 

Descendants

• → English: Western Regions (calque)

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
西	域
せい Grade: 2	いき Grade: 6
kan'on	goon

• (Tokyo) せーいき [sèéíkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞iːkʲi]

Proper noun

西(せい)域(いき) • (Seiiki) ^{←せいゐき (seiwiki)?}

1. (historical) Western Regions

Derived terms

• 西(さい)域(いき)画(が) (saiikiga)
• 西(せい)域(いき)水(すい)道(どう)記(き) (Seiiki Suidōki)
• 西(せい)域(いき)都(と)護(ご)府(ふ) (Seiiki Togofu)

 

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
西	域
さい Grade: 2	いき Grade: 6
goon

• (Tokyo) さいいき [sàííkí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) さいいき [sáꜜììkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠iːkʲi]

Proper noun

西(さい)域(いき) • (Saiiki) ^{←さいゐき (saiwiki)?}

1. (historical) Western Regions

Korean

Hanja in this term
西	域

Proper noun

西域 • (Seoyeok) (hangeul 서역)

1. hanja form^? of 서역 (“Western Regions”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西	域

Proper noun

西域

1. chữ Hán form of Tây Vực (“Western Regions”).