Shaanxi

See also: Shanxi

English

Etymology

An irregular romanization of Chinese 陝西 (Shǎnxī, “[Land] West of the Shan Pass”), with the first syllable from the Gwoyeu Romatzyh system and the second from pinyin, in order to distinguish it from the province of 山西 (Shānxī, “[Land] West of the [Taihang] Mountains”) in atonal spelling. When tone marks are present, the single-A Shǎnxī is preferred.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑːnˈʃiː/, /ˈʃænˈʃiː/

Proper noun

Shaanxi

1. A province of China with its capital at Xi'an and including the Wei River valley and the fertile southern half of the Ordos Loop, comprising much of the Loess Plateau.

Translations

province of China

• Arabic: شَانْشِي m (šanšī)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 陝西, 陕西 (sim² sai¹)

  Mandarin: 陝西 (zh), 陕西 (zh) (Shǎnxī)

  Min Nan: 陝西, 陕西 (Siám-sai)

• Czech: Šen-si

• Japanese: 陝西 (せんせい, Sensei)
• Korean: 산시 (Sansi)
• Macedonian: Шенсји (Šénsji)
• Russian: Шэньси́ f (Šɛnʹsí) (indeclinable)
• Vietnamese: Thiểm Tây

References

• Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo fen sheng dituji (Hanyu Pinyin ban) (Atlas of the People's Republic of China (Hanyu Pinyin edition)