Shanxi

See also: Shānxī and Shaanxi

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 山西 (Shānxī, “[Land] West of the [Taihang] Mountains”), in reference to the location of the province's central Fen River valley.

Alternative forms

• Shan-hsi (Wade-Giles), Shansi (Chinese Postal Map Romanization)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑnˈʃi/

Proper noun

Shanxi

1. A province in the northern part of the People's Republic of China.

Translations

province of China

• Arabic: شَانْشِي‎ m (šanšī)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 山西 (saan¹ sai¹)

  Mandarin: 山西 (zh) (Shānxī)

• Czech: Šan-si
• Hungarian: Sanhszi
• Japanese: 山西 (さんせい, Sansei)

• Korean: 산시 (Sansi)
• Macedonian: Шансји (Šánsji)
• Manchu: ᠰᠠᠨᠰᡳ (sansi)
• Marathi: शान्शी (śānśī)
• Russian: Шаньси́ f (Šanʹsí)
• Vietnamese: Sơn Tây
• Zhuang: Sanhsih

See also

• Taiyuan
• Shaanxi

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 山溪 (Shānxī)

Alternative forms

• Shan-ch’i, Shan-hsi, Shansi

Proper noun

Shanxi

1. An urban village in Shimen, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Translations

urban village in northern Taiwan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山溪 (zh) (Shānxī)