西北

Chinese

		west	north
trad. (西北)		西	北
simp. #(西北)		西	北

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ bak¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-pet
• Min Nan (POJ): sai-pak / se-pak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shibeei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siběi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi1-pei3
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ bak¹
    • Yale: sāi bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ beg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-pet
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ bed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ bed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi²⁴ pet̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-pak
    • Tâi-lô: sai-pak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sai'pag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-pak
    • Tâi-lô: se-pak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se'pag
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/

Note:

• sai-pak - vernacular (all senses);
• se-pak - literary (“northwest; Northwestern China”).

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• Middle Chinese: /sei  pək̚/

Rime
Character	西	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	先稽切	博墨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/pək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/pək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/pək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/pək̚/
Li Rong	/sei/	/pək̚/
Wang Li	/siei/	/pək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siei/	/pək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	be
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai1	bak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nˤər  pˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl  pɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	西	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	běi
Middle Chinese	‹ sej ›	‹ pok ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nˁər/	/*pˁək/
English	west	north
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	西	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13236	414
Phonetic component	西	北
Rime group	微	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	西	北
Old Chinese	/*sɯːl/	/*pɯːɡ/

Noun

西北

1. northwest
2. (Min Nan) summer shower; convectional rain

Synonyms

• (summer shower):

Dialectal synonyms of 雷陣雨 (“thunder shower”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雷陣雨
Mandarin	Taiwan	雷陣雨, 西北雨
	Harbin	雷陣雨
	Jinan	雷陣雨
	Luoyang	雷陣雨
	Yinchuan	雷雨
	Chengdu	偏東雨, 雷陣雨
	Guiyang	雷陣雨
	Liuzhou	雷陣雨
	Xuzhou	雷暴雨
	Yangzhou	雷暴雨
	Nanjing	雷陣雨, 雷雨, 雷暴雨
Cantonese	Dongguan	雷陣雨
Gan	Pingxiang	雷陣雨
Hakka	Yudu	雷陣雨
Jin	Taiyuan	忽雷雨
	Xinzhou	忽雷雨
Min Dong	Fuzhou	晡時雨
	Fuqing	晡時雨
Min Nan	Xiamen	西北雨, 西北, 方時雨
	Quanzhou	西北雨, 西北
	Zhangzhou	西北雨, 西北, 方時雨
	Taipei	西北雨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	西北雨
	Kaohsiung	西北雨
	Yilan	西北雨
	Changhua (Lukang)	西北雨
	Taichung	西北雨
	Tainan	西北雨
	Hsinchu	西北雨
	Kinmen	西北雨
	Penghu (Magong)	西北雨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雷陣雨
Wu	Shanghai	雷陣雨
	Danyang	雷陣雨
	Hangzhou	雷陣雨
	Ningbo	雷雨, 雷陣雨
	Jinhua	天雷雨, 天雷猛雨 stronger
Xiang	Changsha	雷陣雨

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) 方位;

西北	北	東北
西		東
西南	南	東南

Derived terms

• 西北雨 (xīběiyǔ)
• 吸西北風／吸西北风
• 喝西北風／喝西北风 (hē xīběifēng)
• 嗑西北風／嗑西北风

• 西北地區／西北地区 (Xīběi Dìqū)
• 西北季風／西北季风
• 西北風／西北风 (xīběifēng)
• 西北颱／西北台

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (西北):

• → Japanese: 西北(せいほく) (seihoku)
• → Korean: 서북 (西北, seobuk)
• → Vietnamese: tây bắc (西北)

Proper noun

西北

1. (～地區) Northwest China (a region of China; consisting of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang)
2. (～大行政區, ～區) (historical) Northwest China (a former greater administrative region of China from 1949 to 1954, consisting of Xi'an, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang)

Derived terms

• 大西北 (Dàxīběi)

• 東南一尉，西北一候／东南一尉，西北一候

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	北
せい Grade: 2	ほく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

西(せい)北(ほく) • (seihoku) 

1. northwest

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) 方角(ほうがく) (hōgaku);

西北(せいほく) (seihoku) 北西(ほくせい) (hokusei)	北(きた) (kita)	東北(とうほく) (tōhoku) 北東(ほくとう) (hokutō)
西(にし) (nishi)		東(ひがし) (higashi)
西南(せいなん) (seinan) 南西(なんせい) (nansei)	南(みなみ) (minami)	東南(とうなん) (tōnan) 南東(なんとう) (nantō)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
西	北

Noun

西北 • (seobuk) (hangeul 서북)

1. Hanja form^? of 서북 (“northwest”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
西	北

Noun

西北

1. chữ Hán form of tây bắc (“northwest”).

Verb

西北

1. chữ Hán form of tây bắc (“to northwest”).