遼西

See also: 辽西

Chinese

		Liaoning; name of a dynasty	west
trad. (遼西)		遼	西
simp. (辽西)		辽	西
anagram		西遼／西辽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liáoxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ sai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liáoxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liáosi
    • Wade–Giles: Liao²-hsi¹
    • Yale: Lyáu-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liaushi
    • Palladius: Ляоси (Ljaosi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ sai¹
    • Yale: lìuh sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lew sej

Rime
Character	遼	西
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切	先稽切
Baxter	lew	sej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/sei/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/sei/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/sɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/sɛj/
Li Rong	/leu/	/sei/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/siei/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/	/siei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	sai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːw  sɯːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	西
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ sej ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nˁər/
English	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	遼	西
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8090	13236
Phonetic component	尞	西
Rime group	宵	微
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	聊	西
Old Chinese	/*reːw/	/*sɯːl/

Proper noun

遼西

1. area west of the Liao River
2. (historical) Liaoxi (an ancient commandery in present day Hebei and Liaoning, China)
3. (～省) Liaoxi (a former province of China)

See also

• 遼東／辽东 (Liáodōng)
• 遼北／辽北 (Liáoběi)