江西

Chinese

		river	west
simp. and trad. (江西)		江	西
anagram		西江
Literally: “west of the river”.

Etymology

Jiangxi

Named after Jiangnanxi Circuit (江南西道) in Tang dynasty; literally west of Jiangnan (a region to the south of Yangtze River)

region to the north of Yangtze River

So named as the river flows northeast in much part of modern Anhui (especially Wuhu, which is an important crossing), and the north of Yangtze River also lies the west.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiāngxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gong¹ sai¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gong¹ lhai¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Kông-sî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gong¹ xi¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): Gŏng-să̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Kang-sai / Kang-se

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹ sai¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kaon-shi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiangsi
    • Wade–Giles: Chiang¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: Jyāng-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiangshi
    • Palladius: Цзянси (Czjansi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹ sai¹
    • Yale: gōng sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gong¹ lhai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔŋ³³ ɬai³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kông-sî
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong´ xi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gong¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kɔŋ⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Gŏng-să̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kouŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)nɛ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-sai
    • Tâi-lô: Kang-sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangsay
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ sai³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sai⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-se
    • Tâi-lô: Kang-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangsef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang¹ sai¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang sai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²³ sai³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kaon-shi
    • MiniDict: kaon^平 shi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kaan-xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɑ̃⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kaewng sej

Rime
Character	江	西
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	江 (9)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	古雙切	先稽切
Baxter	kaewng	sej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌŋ/	/sei/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔŋ/	/sei/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔŋ/	/sɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwŋ/	/sɛj/
Li Rong	/kɔŋ/	/sei/
Wang Li	/kɔŋ/	/siei/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɔŋ/	/siei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāng	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gong1	sai1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤroŋ  s-nˤər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kroːŋ  sɯːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	江	西
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiāng	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ kæwng ›	‹ sej ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁroŋ/	/*s-nˁər/
English	(Yangzi) river	west
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	江	西
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3995	13236
Phonetic component	工	西
Rime group	東	微
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	江	西
Old Chinese	/*kroːŋ/	/*sɯːl/

Proper noun

江西

1. (～省) Jiangxi (a province of China)
2. (historical) region to the north of Yangtze River; sometimes includes the Central Plains (as opposed to 江東／江东 (Jiāngdōng)).

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) 贛／赣 (gàn)

Coordinate terms

• 江東／江东 (Jiāngdōng)
• 江南 (Jiāngnán)
• 江北 (Jiāngběi)

Derived terms

• 江西話／江西话 (jiāngxīhuà)

 

Descendants

• → Thai: กังไส (gang-sǎi, “Jingdezhen porcelain”) (via Min Nan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
江	西
こう Grade: S	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

江(こう)西(せい) • (Kōsei) 

1. Jiangxi

Korean

Hanja in this term
江	西

Proper noun

江西 • (Gangseo) (hangeul 강서)

1. Hanja form^? of 강서 (“Jiangxi; Gangseo”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
江	西

Proper noun

江西

1. chữ Hán form of Giang Tây (“Jiangxi”).