西洋

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Chinese

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west ocean; foreign
simp. and trad.
(西洋)
西
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Pronunciation 1

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Proper noun

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西洋

  1. the Western world; the West
  2. (literary, historical) Western Seas (region west of the South China Sea)
    西洋西洋  ―  Zhèng Hé xià xīyáng  ―  [Voyages of] Zheng He down the Western Seas
Synonyms
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  • (the Western world): 西方 (xīfāng)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Macanese: Saiong (Portugal)

References

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Pronunciation 2

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Noun

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西洋

  1. (Southern Min) Western cloth
Synonyms
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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
西
せい
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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西(せい)(よう) (seiyōせいやう (seiyau)?

  1. The West, western countries

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term
西

Noun

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西洋 (seoyang) (hangeul 서양)

  1. hanja form? of 서양 (the West)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西

Noun

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西洋

  1. chữ Hán form of Tây Dương (the West, western countries).