越西

Chinese

		to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	west
simp. and trad. (越西)		越	西

Etymology

Name change from homophonous 越嶲 in 1959.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuèxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ sai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuèxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuèsi
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh⁴-hsi¹
    • Yale: Ywè-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuehshi
    • Palladius: Юэси (Juesi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ sai¹
    • Yale: yuht sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

越西

1. (～縣) Yuexi (a county of Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China)