西北

Chinese

west north
trad. (西北) 西
simp. #(西北) 西

Pronunciation


Note:
  • sai-pak - vernacular (all senses);
  • se-pak - literary (“northwest; Northwestern China”).

    Rime
    Character 西
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    Initial () (16) (1)
    Final () (39) (131)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () IV I
    Fanqie
    Baxter sej pok
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /sei/ /pək̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /sei/ /pək̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /sɛi/ /pək̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /sɛj/ /pək̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /sei/ /pək̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /siei/ /pək̚/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /siei/ /pək̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    bo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    sai1 bak1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 西
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    běi
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ sej › ‹ pok ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*s-nˁər/ /*pˁək/
    English west north

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 西
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    No. 13236 414
    Phonetic
    component
    西
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    西
    Old
    Chinese
    /*sɯːl/ /*pɯːɡ/

    Noun

    西北

    1. northwest
    2. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) summer shower; convectional rain

    Synonyms

    • (summer shower):

    Coordinate terms

    compass points: 方位 (fāngwèi):  [edit]

    西北 (xīběi) 東北 / 东北 (dōngběi)
    西 ()  / (dōng)
    西南 (xīnán) 東南 / 东南 (dōngnán)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Sino-Xenic (西北):
    • Japanese: 西北(せいほく) (seihoku)
    • Korean: 서북(西北) (seobuk)
    • Vietnamese: tây bắc (西北)

    Proper noun

    西北

    1. (~地區) Northwest China (a region of China; consisting of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang)
    2. (大行政區, ) (historical) Northwest China (a former greater administrative region of China from 1949 to 1954, consisting of Xi'an, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang)

    Derived terms

    • 大西北 (Dàxīběi)
    • 東南一尉,西北一候 / 东南一尉,西北一候

    References

    • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “西北”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 457.

    Japanese

    Kanji in this term
    西
    せい
    Grade: 2
    ほく
    Grade: 2
    on'yomi

    Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) ーほく [sèéhókú] (Heiban – [0])
    • IPA(key): [se̞ːho̞kɯ̟]

    Noun

    西(せい)(ほく) • (seihoku

    1. northwest

    Coordinate terms

    compass points: 方角 (hōgaku):  [edit]

    北西 (hokusei)
    西北 (seihoku)
    (kita) 北東 (hokutō)
    東北 (tōhoku)
    西 (nishi) (higashi)
    西南 (seinan)
    南西 (nansei)
    (minami) 東南 (tōnan)
    南東 (nantō)

    Korean

    Hanja in this term
    西

    Noun

    西北 • (seobuk) (hangeul 서북)

    1. hanja form? of 서북 (northwest)

    Vietnamese

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term
    西

    Noun

    西北

    1. chữ Hán form of tây bắc (northwest)

    Verb

    西北

    1. chữ Hán form of tây bắc (to northwest)

    Coordinate terms

    compass points:  [edit]

    tây bắc (西北) bắc () đông bắc (東北)
    tây (西) đông ()
    tây nam (西南) nam () đông nam (東南)