西南

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ naam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-nàm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se-lâm / sai-lâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinán
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-nan²
    • Yale: syī-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinan
    • Palladius: синань (sinanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ naam⁴
    • Yale: sāi nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ naːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ namˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ nam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-lâm / sai-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: se-lâm / sai-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: selaam, sailaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/, /sai⁴⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ lam²⁴/, /sai³³ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² lam¹³/, /sai⁴⁴⁻²² lam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²⁴/, /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²³/, /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 西南

1. southwest

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 西南

1. (specifically) southwestern China

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

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

Noun

西(せい)南(なん) • (seinan) 

1. southwest