西江

Chinese

		west	river
simp. and trad. (西江)		西	江
anagram		江西

Etymology

From its location relative to the main course of the Pearl River.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xījiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xījiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sijiang
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-chiang¹
    • Yale: Syī-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shijiang
    • Palladius: Сицзян (Siczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ gong¹
    • Yale: sāi gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

西江

1. Xi River, Guangxi and Guangdong, China
2. (～鄉) Xijiang (a township in Hanchuan, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Coordinate terms

• 北江 (Běijiāng)
• 東江／东江 (Dōngjiāng)

Japanese

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

Proper noun

西(せい)江(こう) • (Seikō) 

1. Xi River