西施

Chinese

		west	distribute (alms); to do; to execute distribute (alms); to do; to execute; to carry out
trad. (西施)		西	施
simp. #(西施)		西	施

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-si / Sai-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sishih
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-shih¹
    • Yale: syī-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishy
    • Palladius: сиши (siši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ si¹
    • Yale: sāi sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-si / Sai-si
    • Tâi-lô: Se-si / Sai-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sesy, saisy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ si³³/, /sai³³ si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 西施

1. Xi Shi

Synonyms

• 西子 (Xīzǐ)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 西施

1. (figurative) beautiful woman
2. (figurative, literary) fallen flower

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)