西安

Chinese

		west	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (西安)		西	安
simp. #(西安)		西	安
anagram		安西

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Usually glossed as meaning "Western Peace" but inclusive of the idea of "Western Pacification" or "Pacified Area", first adopted under the Ming Dynasty in 1369 as the city was conquered from the Yuan and protected with a new wall.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Xī'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄢ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Щинан (Xinan, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ on¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-ôn
• Eastern Min (BUC): Să̤-ăng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Se-an

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sai¹ ang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shi-oe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xī'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Si-an
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-an¹
    • Yale: Syī-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shian
    • Palladius: Сиань (Sianʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Щинан (Xinan, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²⁴ næ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ on¹
    • Yale: sāi ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ on´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ on¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴⁻¹¹ on²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Să̤-ăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ⁵⁵ aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-an
    • Tâi-lô: Se-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se'afn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ an³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sai¹ ang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sai ang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³³⁻²³ aŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-oe
    • MiniDict: shi^平 oe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-oe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ ø²¹/

Proper noun

西安

1. (～市) Xi'an (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Shaanxi, China)
2. (～區) Xi'an (a district of Liaoyuan, Jilin, China)
3. (～區) Xi'an (a district of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China)

Derived terms

• 西安事變／西安事变 (Xī'ān Shìbiàn)

 

Descendants

• → English: Hsi-an, Sian, Singan, Xian, Xi'an

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	安
せい Grade: 2	あん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

西(せい)安(あん) • (Seian) 

1. Xi'an (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Shaanxi, in central China)