四川

Chinese

		four	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (四川)		四	川
Literally: “four plains”.

Wikipedia has articles on:

四川 (Chinese)
四川 (Classical Chinese)
四川 (Cantonese)
四川 (Gan)
Si-chhôn (Hakka)
Sé̤ṳ-chiŏng (Eastern Min)
Sù-chhoan (Min Nan)
四川 (Wu)

Etymology

From a shortening of 川峽四路 (“the four circuits of Chuan and the Gorges”), the collective name for four Song-dynasty 路 (lù, “circuits”). In early Song, the former Later Shu territory was administered as 西川路 (“West Chuan Circuit”) and 峽路 (“Gorges Circuit”); in 1001 CE it was divided into 益州路, 梓州路, 利州路, and 夔州路. The shortening takes 四 (sì, “four”) from these four circuits and 川 (chuān, “plain”) from the older regional name element Chuan (as in 劍南西川 and 劍南東川), not from “four rivers”. The Yuan later established 四川行省 (“Sichuan province”), giving the name provincial status. ^[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): Sìchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄔㄨㄢ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): Si⁴ cuan¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sei³ cyun¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu¹ cun¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Si-chhôn

(Hailu, HRS): si^ˇ chon^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): xi⁴ con¹
Eastern Min (BUC): Sé̤ṳ-chiŏng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): so⁴ coeng¹ / so⁴ cyoeng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Sù-chhoan / Sìr-chhoan / Sì-chhoan

(Teochew, Peng'im): si³ cuêng¹ / si³ cuang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-tshoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sìchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sìhchuan
  - Wade–Giles: Ssŭ⁴-chʻuan¹
  - Yale: Sz̀-chwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syhchuan
  - Palladius: Сычуань (Syčuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɹ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: Si⁴ cuan¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Scuan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɹ̩²¹³ t͡sʰuan⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ cyun¹
  - Yale: sei chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ qun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhu¹ cun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu³³ t͡sʰun³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Si-chhôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi con^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ con¹
  - Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ t͡sʰon²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: si^ˇ chon^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /si¹¹ t͡ʃʰon⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xi⁴ con¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi⁵³ t͡sʰɔn⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Sé̤ṳ-chiŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuoŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: so⁴ coeng¹ [Phonetic: so¹ loeng¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Seo̍-che̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)lœŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: so⁴ cyoeng¹ [Phonetic: so¹ lyoeng¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)lyøŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sù-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: Sù-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suozhoafn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sìr-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: Sìr-tshuan
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sì-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: Sì-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siezhoafn
  - Sinological IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si³ cuêng¹ / si³ cuang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì tshueng / sì tshuang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰueŋ³³/, /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰuaŋ³³/

Note:

si3 cuêng1 - Chaozhou;
si3 cuang1 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy-tshoe
  - MiniDict: sy^去 tshoe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-tshoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɹ̩³³ t͡sʰø⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: sijH tsyhwen

Rime
Character	四	川
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息利切	昌緣切
Baxter	sijH	tsyhwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪ^H/	/t͡ɕʰiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/si^H/	/t͡ɕʰʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɪ^H/	/t͡ɕʰjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/si^H/	/cʰwian/
Li Rong	/si^H/	/t͡ɕʰiuɛn/
Wang Li	/si^H/	/t͡ɕʰĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si^H/	/t͡ɕʰi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì	chuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si³	cyun¹

Proper noun

四川

(～省) Sichuan (a province in central China)

Coordinate terms

Province-level divisions of the People's Republic of China in Chinese (layout · text)
Provinces – 省 (shěng): 安徽 (Ānhuī) · 福建 (Fújiàn) · 廣東 / 广东 (Guǎngdōng) · 甘肅 / 甘肃 (Gānsù) · 貴州 / 贵州 (Guìzhōu) · 河南 (Hénán) · 湖北 (Húběi) · 河北 (Héběi) · 海南 (Hǎinán) · 黑龍江 / 黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng) · 湖南 (Húnán) · 吉林 (Jílín) · 江蘇 / 江苏 (Jiāngsū) · 江西 (Jiāngxī) · 遼寧 / 辽宁 (Liáoníng) · 青海 (Qīnghǎi) · 四川 (Sìchuān) · 山東 / 山东 (Shāndōng) · 陝西 / 陕西 (Shǎnxī) · 山西 (Shānxī) · 臺灣 / 台湾 (Táiwān) (disputed) · 雲南 / 云南 (Yúnnán) · 浙江 (Zhèjiāng)
Autonomous regions – 自治區 / 自治区 (zìzhìqū): 廣西 / 广西 (Guǎngxī) · 內蒙古 / 内蒙古 (Nèi Měnggǔ) · 寧夏 / 宁夏 (Níngxià) · 西藏 (Xīzàng) · 新疆 (Xīnjiāng)
Direct-administered municipalities – 直轄市 / 直辖市 (zhíxiáshì): 北京 (Běijīng) · 天津 (Tiānjīn) · 上海 (Shànghǎi) · 重慶 / 重庆 (chóngqìng)
Special administrative regions – 特別行政區 / 特别行政区 (tèbié xíngzhèngqū): 香港 (Xiānggǎng) · 澳門 / 澳门 (Àomén)

Derived terms

四川盆地 (Sìchuān Péndì)
四川胡椒 (Sìchuān hújiāo)
四川草
四川菜
四川話 / 四川话 (Sìchuānhuà)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (四川):

→ Japanese: 四(し)川(せん) (Shisen)
→ Korean: 사천(四川) (Sacheon)
→ Vietnamese: Tứ Xuyên (四川)

→ Catalan: Sichuan

→ English: Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan

→ French: Sichuan, Sétchouan

→ Korean: 쓰촨 (Sseuchwan)

→ Manchu: ᠰᡟᠴᡠᠸᠠᠨ (sycuwan)

→ Portuguese: Sichuan, Setsuan, Szechwan, Sujuão

→ Russian: Сычуа́нь (Syčuánʹ), сычуа́нец (syčuánec)

→ Spanish: Sichuán

→ Zhuang: Swconh

References

^ https://scsqw.cn/whzh/slzc1/content_173047

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

四川

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji in this term
四	川
し Grade: 1	せん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕisẽ̞ɴ]
(Tokyo) しせん [shíꜜsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])

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Proper noun

四(し)川(せん) • (Shisen)

Sichuan (a province in central China)

Derived terms

四(し)川(せん)語(ご) (Shisengo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
四	川

Proper noun

四川 • (sacheon) (hangeul 사천)

hanja form^? of 사천 : Sichuan (a province in central China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
四	川

Proper noun

四川

chữ Hán form of Tứ Xuyên: Sichuan (a province in central China)

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