Shanxi

See also: Shānxī and Shaanxi

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From the 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.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑnˈʃi/

Proper nounEdit

Shanxi

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

TranslationsEdit

province of China

• Arabic: شَانْشِي‏‎ m (šanšī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山西 (zh) (Shānxī)

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

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

See alsoEdit

• Taiyuan