西彎月

Chinese

		phonetic	month
trad. (西彎月)		西彎	月
simp. (西弯月)		西弯	月

Etymology

From Hebrew סיוון + 月 (yuè, “month”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīwānyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄨㄢ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ waan¹ jyut⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-vân-ngie̍t / Sî-vân-ngia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīwānyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄨㄢ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siwanyuè
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-wan¹-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: Syī-wān-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiuanyueh
    • Palladius: Сиваньюэ (Sivanʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ waan¹ jyut⁶
    • Yale: sāi wāan yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ waan¹ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ wan¹ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-vân-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ van´ ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ van¹ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴⁻¹¹ van²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-vân-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ van´ ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ van¹ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴⁻¹¹ van²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯at̚⁵/

Proper noun

西彎月

1. (Judaism) Sivan