西風

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See also: 西风

Chinese

west
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
trad. (西風) 西 風
simp. (西风) 西 风

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 西 風
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 東 (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 先稽切 方戎切
Baxter sej pjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sei/ /pɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sei/ /piuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɛi/ /piuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sɛj/ /puwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/sei/ /piuŋ/
Wang
Li 		/siei/ /pĭuŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/siei/ /pi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xī fēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sai1 fung1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西 風
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xī fēng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sej › ‹ pjuwng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-nˁər/ /*prəm/
English west wind (n.)

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 西 風
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 13236 2921
Phonetic
component 		西 凡
Rime
group 		微 侵
Rime
subdivision 		1 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		西 風
Old
Chinese 		/*sɯːl/ /*plum/

Noun

西風

  1. westerly (a persistent wind from the west)
  2. (literary, poetic) autumn wind
  3. (figurative) decaying influences
  4. 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

Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
西 風
せい
Grade: 2 		ふう
Grade: 2
kan'on goon

Pronunciation

Noun

西(せい)風(ふう) • (seifū) 

  1. westerly; west wind
  2. autumn wind

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
西 風
にし
Grade: 2 		かぜ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

西(にし)風(かぜ) • (nishikaze) 

  1. westerly; west wind

References

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