西城

Chinese

		west	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (西城)		西	城
anagram		城西

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sichéng
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Syī-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shicherng
  - Palladius: Сичэн (Sičɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ sing⁴
  - Yale: sāi sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

西城

(～區) Xicheng (a district of Beijing, China)
(～街道) Xicheng (a subdistrict of Zengdu district, Suizhou, Hubei, China)
(～街道) Xicheng (a subdistrict of Jingzhou district, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
(～經濟技術開發區) Xicheng (an economic and technological development zone in Zhangwan district, Shiyan, Hubei, China)
(literary) Alternative name for 西雅圖／西雅图 (Xīyǎtú, “Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)”).
《西城時報》／《西城时报》 ― “Xīchéng shíbào” ― Seattle Chinese Times
- 1989, 李辰雄, 西雅圖隨筆‎:
  
  由加州洛埠遷調華州西城 [MSC, trad.]
  由加州洛埠迁调华州西城 [MSC, simp.]
  yóu Jiāzhōu Luòbù qiāndiào Huázhōu Xīchéng [Pinyin]
  Moved from Los Angeles, California to Seattle, Washington
- 1992, 廣角鏡‎:
  
  座落在華盛頓州西雅圖市的西城大學，創立已超過百年，為西北地區唯一培訓耶穌會教士的中心 [MSC, trad.]
  座落在华盛顿州西雅图市的西城大学，创立已超过百年，为西北地区唯一培训耶稣会教士的中心 [MSC, simp.]
  zuòluò zài Huáshèngdùn Zhōu Xīyǎtú Shì de Xīchéng Dàxué, chuànglì yǐ chāoguò bǎinián, wèi xīběi dìqū wéiyī péixùn Yēsūhuì jiàoshì de zhōngxīn [Pinyin]
  Seattle University, located in Seattle, Washington, has been established for over a hundred years. It is the only institution in the American Northwest to train Jesuit clergypeople.
An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 西城, Saijō

Coordinate terms

東城／东城 (Dōngchéng)
南城 (Nánchéng)
北城 (Běichéng)

Descendants

→ English: Xicheng

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	城
さい Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Proper noun

西(さい)城(じょう) • (Saijō)

a surname
西城(さいじょう)秀樹(ひでき)
Saijō Hideki
Hideki Saijo

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