四川
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→ Catalan: Sichuan
→ English: Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan
→ French: Sichuan, Sétchouan
→ Korean: 쓰촨 (Sseuchwan)
→ Manchu: ᠰᡟᠴᡠᠸᠠᠨ (sycuwan)
→ Portuguese: Sichuan, Setsuan, Szechwan, Sujuão
→ Russian: Сычуа́нь (Syčuánʹ), сычуа́нец (syčuánec)
→ Spanish: Sichuán
→ Zhuang: Swconh
Chinese
| four | river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (四川) |
四 | 川 | |
| Literally: “four mountain passes”. | |||
Etymology
During the Tang dynasty, the area of what is now Sichuan was administratively divided into three regions based on the main throughfares through the mountains 川道 (“mountain pass (often near a river)”) at the time. During the Song dynasty, these regions were further redivided into four separate regions, giving rise to its modern name.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): Si4 cuan1
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sei3 cyun1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu1 cun1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): Sé̤ṳ-chiŏng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5sy-tshoe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄔㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Sìhchuan
- Wade–Giles: Ssŭ4-chʻuan1
- Yale: Sz̀-chwān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syhchuan
- Palladius: Сычуань (Syčuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: Si4 cuan1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Scuan
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩²¹³ t͡sʰuan⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei3 cyun1
- Yale: sei chyūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei3 tsyn1
- Guangdong Romanization: séi3 qun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³³ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhu1 cun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬu³³ t͡sʰun³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Si-chhôn
- Hakka Romanization System: xi conˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xi4 con1
- Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ t͡sʰon²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Sé̤ṳ-chiŏng
- Sinological IPA (key): /sy²¹³⁻⁵⁵ (t͡sʰ-)ʒuoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sìr-chhoan
- Tâi-lô: Sìr-tshuan
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sì-chhoan
- Tâi-lô: Sì-tshuan
- Phofsit Daibuun: siezhoafn
- IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: si3 cuêng1 / si3 cuang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì tshueng / sì tshuang
- Sinological IPA (key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰueŋ³³/, /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰuaŋ³³/
Note:
- si3 cuêng1 - Chaozhou;
- si3 cuang1 - Shantou.
- Middle Chinese: sijH tsyhwen
Proper noun
四川
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 四 | 川 |
| し Grade: 1 |
せん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Derived terms
- 四川語 (Shisengo)
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 四 | 川 |
Proper noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 四 | 川 |
Proper noun
四川