西洋

Chinese

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

Pronunciation 1


Proper noun

西洋

  1. the Western world; the West
  2. (literary, historical) Western Seas (region west of the South China Sea)
    西洋西洋  ―  Zhèng Hé xià xīyáng  ―  [Voyages of] 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
  • 西洋布

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

西(せい)(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 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
西

Noun

西洋 • (seoyang) (hangeul 서양)

  1. hanja form? of 서양 (the West)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西

Noun

西洋

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