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Chinese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Rime
|
Character
|
西
|
南
|
夷
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Reading #
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1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
Initial (聲)
|
心 (16)
|
泥 (8)
|
以 (36)
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Final (韻)
|
齊 (39)
|
覃 (159)
|
脂 (15)
|
Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
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Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
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Division (等)
|
IV
|
I
|
III
|
Fanqie
|
先稽切
|
那含切
|
以脂切
|
Baxter
|
sej
|
nom
|
yij
|
Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang Shangfang
|
/sei/
|
/nʌm/
|
/jiɪ/
|
Pan Wuyun
|
/sei/
|
/nəm/
|
/ji/
|
Shao Rongfen
|
/sɛi/
|
/nɒm/
|
/jɪ/
|
Edwin Pulleyblank
|
/sɛj/
|
/nəm/
|
/ji/
|
Li Rong
|
/sei/
|
/nᴀm/
|
/i/
|
Wang Li
|
/siei/
|
/nɒm/
|
/ji/
|
Bernard Karlgren
|
/siei/
|
/năm/
|
/i/
|
Expected Mandarin Reflex
|
xī
|
nán
|
yí
|
Expected Cantonese Reflex
|
sai1
|
naam4
|
ji4
|
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
Character
|
西
|
南
|
夷
|
夷
|
Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
|
xī
|
nán
|
yí
|
yí
|
Middle Chinese
|
‹ sej ›
|
‹ nom ›
|
‹ yij ›
|
‹ yij ›
|
Old Chinese
|
/*s-nˁər/
|
/*nˁ[ə]m/
|
/*ləj/
|
/*ləj/
|
English
|
west
|
south
|
level, peaceful
|
foreigner (especially to the east)
|
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
|
南
|
夷
|
Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
No.
|
13236
|
9355
|
14862
|
Phonetic component
|
西
|
南
|
夷
|
Rime group
|
微
|
侵
|
脂
|
Rime subdivision
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
Corresponding MC rime
|
西
|
南
|
姨
|
Old Chinese
|
/*sɯːl/
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/*nuːm/
|
/*lil/
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Proper noun[edit]
西南夷
- (historical) "Southwestern Barbarians" (non-Han ethnic groups living in present-day Guizhou, Yunnan and southwestern Sichuan)