西安

Chinese

	west	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (西安)	西	安
simp. ^#(西安)	西	安
anagram	安西

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Usually glossed as meaning "Western Peace" but inclusive of the idea of "Western Pacification" or "Pacified Area", first adopted under the Ming Dynasty in 1369 as the city was conquered from the Yuan and protected with a new wall.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): Xī'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): Xǐ'ngǎn

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Щинан (Xinan, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ on¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Sî-ôn

(Hailu, HRS): si^ˋ on^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): Să̤-ăng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): se¹ ang¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Se-an

(Teochew, Peng'im): sai¹ ang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shi-oe₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xī'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Si-an
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-an¹
  - Yale: Syī-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shian
  - Palladius: Сиань (Sianʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    西安
    錫安 / 锡安
    醯胺
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: Xǐ'ngǎn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹ ŋã²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Щинан (Xinan, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²⁴ næ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ on¹
  - Yale: sāi ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ on¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-ôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ on^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ on¹
  - Sinological IPA: /si²⁴⁻¹¹ on²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: si^ˋ on^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /si⁵³ on⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Să̤-ăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ⁵⁵ aŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: se¹ ang¹ [Phonetic: se⁵ ang¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Sa̤-ang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬe⁵³³⁻¹¹ aŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: se¹ ang¹ [Phonetic: se⁵ ang¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬe⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ aŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-an
  - Tâi-lô: Se-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'afn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ an³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sai¹ ang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sai ang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³³⁻²³ aŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹shi-oe₁
  - MiniDict: shi^平 oe^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-oe₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ ø²¹/