西洋

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Chinese

west ocean; foreign
simp. and trad.
(西洋) 		西 洋
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Pronunciation 1

Proper noun

西洋

  1. the Western world; the West
  2. (literary, historical) Western Seas (region west of the South China Sea)
    鄭和下西洋／郑和下西洋  ―  Zhèng Hé xià xīyáng  ―  Zheng He down the Western Seas
Synonyms
  • (the Western world): 西方 (xīfāng)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Macanese: Saiong (“Portugal”)

References

Pronunciation 2

Noun

西洋

  1. (Hokkien) Western cloth
Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西 洋
せい
Grade: 2 		よう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

西(せい)洋(よう) • (seiyō) ←せいやう (seiyau)?

  1. The West, western countries

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
西洋

Noun

西洋 • (seoyang) (hangeul 서양)

  1. hanja form? of 서양 (“the West”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西洋

Noun

西洋

  1. chữ Hán form of Tây Dương (“the West, western countries”)
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