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Chinese
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west
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wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner |
| trad. (西風)
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西
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風
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| simp. (西风)
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西
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风
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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西
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風
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xī
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fēng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sej ›
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‹ pjuwng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s-nˁər/
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/*prəm/
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| English
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west
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wind (n.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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西
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風
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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13236
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2921
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Phonetic
component
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西
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凡
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Rime
group
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微
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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西
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風
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Old
Chinese
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/*sɯːl/
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/*plum/
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Noun
西風
- westerly (a persistent wind from the west)
- (literary, poetic) autumn wind
- (figurative) decaying influences
- Western social mores and culture
Synonyms
- (westerly wind): (literary, figurative) 終風／终风 (zhōngfēng)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “westerly wind”): 東風／东风 (dōngfēng)
- (antonym(s) of “autumn wind”): 東風／东风 (dōngfēng)
- (antonym(s) of “decaying influences”): 東風／东风 (dōngfēng)
Derived terms