山西

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Chinese

mountain; hill west
simp. and trad.
(山西) 		山 西
anagram 西山
Literally: “west of the mountain”.
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Etymology

Shanxi
From the position of the province's central Fen River valley west of the Taihang Mountains.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 山 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 山 (73) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II IV
Fanqie 所閒切 先稽切
Baxter srean sej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃˠɛn/ /sei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃᵚæn/ /sei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃæn/ /sɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂəɨn/ /sɛj/
Li
Rong 		/ʃɛn/ /sei/
Wang
Li 		/ʃæn/ /siei/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʂăn/ /siei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shān xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		saan1 sai1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 山 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shān xī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ srɛn › ‹ sej ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-ŋrar/ /*s-nˁər/
English mountain, hill west

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 山 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11052 13236
Phonetic
component 		山 西
Rime
group 		元 微
Rime
subdivision 		2 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		山 西
Old
Chinese 		/*sreːn/ /*sɯːl/

Proper noun

山西

  1. (～省) Shanxi (a province of China)
  2. (historical, specifically) the area to the west of the Taihang Mountains
  3. (historical, specifically) the area to the west of Mount Hua

Noun

山西

  1. west of the mountain (in general)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
山 西
さん
Grade: 1 		せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

山(さん)西(せい) • (Sansei) 

  1. Shanxi province

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
山 西
やま
Grade: 1 		にし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Proper noun

山(やま)西(にし) • (Yamanishi) 

  1. a surname

Korean

Hanja in this term
山西

Proper noun

山西 • (Sanseo) (hangeul 산서)

  1. hanja form? of 산서 (“Shanxi”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
山西

Proper noun

山西

  1. chữ Hán form of Sơn Tây (“Shanxi”).
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