西魏

Chinese

		west	surname; name of a dynasty
trad. (西魏)		西	魏
simp. ^#(西魏)		西	魏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ ngai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-gūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siwèi
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-wei⁴
  - Yale: Syī-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiwey
  - Palladius: Сивэй (Sivɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ ngai⁶
  - Yale: sāi ngaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ ngai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ ngei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ ŋɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-gūi
  - Tâi-lô: Se-guī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'gui
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ ɡui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² ɡui²²/

Proper noun

西魏

Western Wei

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Warring States period 戰國 / 战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢 / 西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉
		Wu 吳 / 吴
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

Chinese

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