西藏

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Chinese[edit]

west phonetic
trad. (西藏) 西
simp. #(西藏) 西
2nd round simp. 西䒙
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Etymology[edit]

Partial calque of Manchu ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ
ᡯᠠᠩ
(wargi dzang, Ü-Tsang; Tibet, literally west dzang) in Qing-dynasty imperial annals (Qing Shilu, 1663 CE) (Chen, 1999).

The Manchu term was a phono-semantic matching of Tibetan དབུས་གཙང (dbus gtsang, Ü-Tsang), matching the first syllable དབུས (dbus, centre) with the then close-sounding Manchu ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ (wargi, west, i.e. western region) (ibid.).

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Proper noun[edit]

西藏

  1. Tibet (cultural area)
  2. (~自治區, formerly 地方) Tibet Autonomous Region (an autonomous region of China; capital: Lhasa)

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Sino-Xenic (西藏):

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
西
せい
Grade: 2
ぞう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Proper noun[edit]

西(せい)(ぞう) (Seizō

  1. Kyūjitai form of 西蔵 (Tibet)
  2. Rare spelling of チベット (Tibet).

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term
西

Proper noun[edit]

西藏 (Seojang) (hangeul 서장)

  1. Hanja form? of 서장 (Tibet).

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西

Proper noun[edit]

西藏

  1. chữ Hán form of Tây Tạng (Tibet).