西北

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Chinese

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west north
trad. (西北) 西
simp. #(西北) 西

Pronunciation

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

    Rime
    Character 西
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    Initial () (16) (1)
    Final () (39) (131)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () IV I
    Fanqie
    Baxter sej pok
    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
    bo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    sai1 bak1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 西
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    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
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    No. 13236 414
    Phonetic
    component
    西
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    西
    Old
    Chinese
    /*sɯːl/ /*pɯːɡ/

    Noun

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    西北

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

    Synonyms

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    • (summer shower):

    Coordinate terms

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    西北 (xīběi) 東北东北 (dōngběi)
    西 () (dōng)
    西南 (xīnán) 東南东南 (dōngnán)


    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    Sino-Xenic (西北):

    Proper noun

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    西北

    1. (~地區) Northwest China (a region of China; consisting of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang)
    2. (大行政區, ) (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

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    Japanese

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

    Noun

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    西(せい)(ほく) (seihoku

    1. northwest

    Coordinate terms

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    • (compass points) 方角 (hōgaku);
    北西 (hokusei)
    西北 (seihoku)
    (kita) 北東 (hokutō)
    東北 (tōhoku)
    西 (nishi) (higashi)
    西南 (seinan)
    南西 (nansei)
    (minami) 東南 (tōnan)
    南東 (nantō)


    Korean

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    Hanja in this term
    西

    Noun

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    西北 (seobuk) (hangeul 서북)

    1. hanja form? of 서북 (northwest)

    Vietnamese

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    chữ Hán Nôm in this term
    西

    Noun

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    西北

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

    Verb

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    西北

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