西關

Chinese

		west	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (西關)		西	關
simp. (西关)		西	关
anagram		關西／关西

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīguān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ gwaan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siguan
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-kuan¹
  - Yale: Syī-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiguan
  - Palladius: Сигуань (Siguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ gwaan¹
  - Yale: sāi gwāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ gwaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ guan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

西關

Xiguan, Sai Kwan (a region of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
- 1912, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, 4th edition, Kelly & Wash, page 54:
  
  佢係講正城話唔係呢、
  佢係講正西關話 [Cantonese, trad.]
  佢系讲正城话唔系呢、
  佢系讲正西关话 [Cantonese, simp.]
  keoi⁵ hai⁶ gong² zeng³ seng^4-2 waa^6-2 m⁴ hai⁶ ni¹,
  keoi⁵ hai⁶ gong² zeng³ sai¹ gwaan¹ waa^6-2 [Jyutping]
  Does he speak Cantonese properly?
  He speaks the correct Cantonese of the Western suburbs.

Descendants

→ English: Xiguan, Saikwan