西江

Chinese

		west	river
simp. and trad. (西江)		西	江
anagram		江西

Etymology

From its location relative to the main course of the Pearl River.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xījiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xījiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sijiang
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-chiang¹
  - Yale: Syī-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shijiang
  - Palladius: Сицзян (Siczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ gong¹
  - Yale: sāi gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

西江

Xi River, Guangxi and Guangdong, China
(～鄉) Xijiang (a township in Hanchuan, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Coordinate terms

北江 (Běijiāng)
東江／东江 (Dōngjiāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	江
せい Grade: 2	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

Proper noun

西(せい)江(こう) • (Seikō)

Xi River

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