關西

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See also: 关西 and 関西

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	west
trad. (關西)		關	西
simp. (关西)		关	西
anagram		西關／西关

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關西 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Koan-se (Southern Min)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānxī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ sai¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kûan-sî

(Hailu, HRS): guan^ˋ si^ˋ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koan-se

(Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ sai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guansi
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-hsi¹
  - Yale: gwān-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanshi
  - Palladius: гуаньси (guanʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaan¹ sai¹
  - Yale: gwāan sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ sei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûan-sî
  - Hakka Romanization System: guan^ˊ xi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: guan¹ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: guan^ˋ si^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kuan⁵³ si⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-se
  - Tâi-lô: kuan-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koansef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ se³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guang¹ sai¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang sai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ sai³³/

Noun

關西

(archaic) the area to the west of Hangu Pass
- 當是時相國守關中，關中搖足則關西非陛下有也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  当是时相国守关中，关中摇足则关西非陛下有也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Dāng shìshí xiàngguó shǒu Guānzhōng, Guānzhōng yáozú zé Guānxī fēi bìxià yǒu yě.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Proper noun

關西

the Kansai region, a center-west area of Japan, between the areas of 中国 (Chūgoku) and 中部 (Chūbu)
(～地方) the Kwansŏ region of North Korea
(～鎮) Guanxi, Guansi, Kuanhsi (an urban township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan)
(～社區) Guanxi (a residential community of Zhuodaoquan, Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Descendants

→ English: Guansi, Guanxi, Kuanhsi

Japanese

Kanji in this term
關	西
かん Hyōgai	さい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
關	西
かん Hyōgai	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 關西 – see the following entry.

【関西かんさい】	Short for 関西地方 (Kansai-chihō): the center-west area of Japan between the 中国 (Chūgoku) and 中部 (Chūbu) regions (historical) the area west of 逢坂の関 (Ōsaka-no-seki, “tollgate of Ōsaka-yama”)
【関西かんせい】	(rare) Same as かんさい (Kansai) above the area to the west of Hangu Pass in China

(This term, 關西, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
關	西

Noun

關西 • (gwanseo) (hangeul 관서)

hanja form^? of 관서 (“Kwanso (the area corresponding to present-day North Pyongan, South Pyongan, and Chagang provinces); Guanxi (the area to the west of Hangu Pass in China)”)

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