西關

Chinese

		west	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (西關)		西	關
simp. (西关)		西	关
anagram		關西／关西

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siguan
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: Syī-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiguan
    • Palladius: Сигуань (Siguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ gwaan¹
    • Yale: sāi gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

西關

1. Xiguan, Sai Kwan (a region of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
   • 1912, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, 4th edition, Kelly & Wash, page 54:

     佢係講正城話唔係呢、
     佢係講正西關話 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢系讲正城话唔系呢、
     佢系讲正西关话 [Cantonese, simp.]

     keoi⁵ hai⁶ gong² zeng³ seng^4-2 waa^6-2 m⁴ hai⁶ ni¹,
     keoi⁵ hai⁶ gong² zeng³ sai¹ gwaan¹ waa^6-2 [Jyutping]

     Does he speak Cantonese properly?
     He speaks the correct Cantonese of the Western suburbs.

Descendants

• → English: Xiguan, Saikwan