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西南

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Chinese

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west south
simp. and trad.
(西南)
西
anagram 南西

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (8)
Final () (39) (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter sej nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sei/ /nʌm/
Pan
Wuyun
/sei/ /nəm/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛi/ /nɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛj/ /nəm/
Li
Rong
/sei/ /nᴀm/
Wang
Li
/siei/ /nɒm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/siei/ /năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai1 naam4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nán
Middle
Chinese
‹ sej › ‹ nom ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-nˁər/ /*nˁ[ə]m/
English west south

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 9355
Phonetic
component
西
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
西
Old
Chinese
/*sɯːl/ /*nuːm/

Noun

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西南

  1. southwest

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 (西南):
  • Japanese: 西南(せいなん) (seinan)
  • Korean: 서남(西南) (seonam)
  • Vietnamese: tây nam (西南)

Proper noun

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西南

  1. (~地區) Southwest China (a region of China; consisting of Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and the Tibet Autonomous Region)
  2. (大行政區, ) (historical) Southwest China (a former greater administrative region of China from 1949 to 1954, consisting of Chongqing, Sichuan, Xikang, Guizhou and Yunnan)

Derived terms

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Japanese

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

Noun

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西(せい)(なん) (seinan

  1. southwest

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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西南 (seonam) (hangeul 서남)

  1. hanja form? of 서남 (southwest)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西

Noun

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西南

  1. chữ Hán form of tây nam (southwest).

Verb

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西南

  1. chữ Hán form of tây nam (to southwest).