西太后

Chinese

		west	empress dowager
simp. and trad. (西太后)		西	太后

Etymology

“Cixi”

Cixi lived on the west side of the palace as opposed to Empress Dowager Ci'an.

“Vivienne Westwood”

西 (xī) is Calque of English west in Westwood.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xītàihòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ tai³ hau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xītàihòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sitàihòu
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-tʻai⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: Syī-tài-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shitayhow
    • Palladius: Ситайхоу (Sitajxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ tai³ hau⁶
    • Yale: sāi tai hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ tai³ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ tei³ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯³³ hɐu̯²²/

Proper noun

西太后

1. Alternative name for 慈禧太后 (Cíxǐ Tàihòu, “Empress Dowager Cixi”).
2. Nickname of Vivienne Westwood