安西

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ānxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ sai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ānxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ansi
    • Wade–Giles: An¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: Ān-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Anshi
    • Palladius: Аньси (Anʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ sai¹
    • Yale: ōn sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'an sej

Rime
Character	安	西
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	烏寒切	先稽切
Baxter	'an	sej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑn/	/sei/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑn/	/sei/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑn/	/sɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔan/	/sɛj/
Li Rong	/ʔɑn/	/sei/
Wang Li	/ɑn/	/siei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑn/	/siei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on1	sai1

Proper noun

安西

1. (～縣) (historical) Anxi (a former county of Gansu, China; modern Guazhou)
2. (～都護府, ～大都護府) (historical) Anxi Protectorate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	西
あん Grade: 3	さい > ざい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

安(あん)西(ざい) • (Anzai) 

1. a surname