西京

Chinese

		west	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (西京)		西	京

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xījīng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ ging¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xījīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sijing
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-ching¹
  - Yale: Syī-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shijing
  - Palladius: Сицзин (Siczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    西京
    西經 / 西经
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sai¹ ging¹
  - Yale: sāi gīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ ging¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ ging¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    西京
    西經 / 西经

Middle Chinese: sej kjaeng

Rime
Character	西	京
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	先稽切	舉卿切
Baxter	sej	kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/kˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/kᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/kiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/kiajŋ/
Li Rong	/sei/	/kiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/siei/	/kĭɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/siei/	/ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai¹	ging¹

Proper noun

西京

(historical) "The Western Capital", a former name of:
1. Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi, during the Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties
2. Luoyang (洛陽／洛阳), Henan, during the later Jin dynasty
3. Datong (大同), Shanxi, during the Liao dynasty
4. Chengdu (成都), Sichuan, during its occupation by a short-lived successor state to the Ming.
5. Pyongyang (平壤), Korea, officially from before 921 to 1369 and poetically thereafter

See also

東京／东京 (Dōngjīng)
北京 (Běijīng)
南京 (Nánjīng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	京
さい Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さいきょー [sàíkyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sa̠ikʲo̞ː]

Noun

西(さい)京(きょう) • (saikyō) ^{←さいきやう (saikyau)^?}

a western capital, a former name of a number of cities including Kyoto (京都)
one of the proposed names of Kitakyushu (北九州)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
西	京

Proper noun

西京 • (Seogyeong) (hangeul 서경)

hanja form^? of 서경 (“a western capital, a former name of a number of cities”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西	京

Proper noun

西京

chữ Hán form of Tây Kinh (“a western capital, a former name of a number of cities”)