Chinese edit

west
 
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad.
(西方)
西

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (16) (1)
Final () (39) (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter sej pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sei/ /pʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/sei/ /pʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛi/ /piuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛj/ /puaŋ/
Li
Rong
/sei/ /piuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/siei/ /pĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/siei/ /piwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai1 fong1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ sej › ‹ pjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-nˁər/ /*C-paŋ/
English west square

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
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 13236 3023
Phonetic
component
西
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
西
Old
Chinese
/*sɯːl/ /*paŋ/
Notes

Noun edit

西方

  1. west
  2. (Buddhism) Alternative name for 西天 (xītiān, “Western Paradise”).

Proper noun edit

西方

  1. the Western world; the West

Usage notes edit

The Standard Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese defines 西方 (xīfāng) in the modern sense as being made up of the various developed capitalist countries, which includes Japan. However, Japan is generally not considered a Western country by the average native speaker of Chinese. Eastern European countries like Russia, Belarus, Georgia and Armenia may or may not be considered Western, depending on context, but their cuisines are often included under "Western food", while Japanese cuisine is not.

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (西方):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
西
せい
Grade: 2
ほう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

西(せい)(ほう) (seihō

  1. west, western area

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西

Noun edit

西方

  1. chữ Hán form of tây phương (west).