以西

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	west
trad. (以西)		以	西
simp. #(以西)		以	西

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ sai¹
• Northern Min (KCR): ǐ-sái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐsi
    • Wade–Giles: i³-hsi¹
    • Yale: yǐ-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiishi
    • Palladius: иси (isi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 乙烯 以西

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ sai¹
    • Yale: yíh sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǐ-sái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹ sai⁵⁴/

Postposition

以西

1. to the west of

   城市位於山區以西。 [MSC, trad.]
   城市位于山区以西。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chéngshì wèiyú shānqū yǐxī. [Pinyin]

   The city is located to the west of the mountainous area.

See also

• 以北 (yǐběi)
• 以東／以东 (yǐdōng)
• 以南 (yǐnán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
以	西
い Grade: 4	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

以(い)西(せい) • (isei) 

1. westward of