四川

Chinese

		four	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (四川)		四	川
Literally: “four mountain passes”.

Etymology

During the Tang dynasty, the area of what is now Sichuan was administratively divided into three regions based on the main throughfares through the mountains 川道 (“mountain pass (often near a river)”) at the time. During the Song dynasty, these regions were further redivided into four separate regions, giving rise to its modern name.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): Sìchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄔㄨㄢ

(Chengdu, SP): Si⁴ cuan¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ cyun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Si-chhôn
Min Dong (BUC): Sé-chiŏng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Sù-chhoan / Sìr-chhoan

(Teochew, Peng'im): se³ cuêng¹
Wu (Wiktionary): sr tshoe (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Sìchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syhchuan
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: Si⁴ cuan¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Scuan
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹³ t͡sʰuan⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ cyun¹
  - Yale: sei chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ qun¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ t͡ʃʰyːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Si-chhôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi con´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ con¹
  - IPA: /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sʰon²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Sé-chiŏng
  - IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuoŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sù-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: Sù-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suozhoafn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sìr-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: Sìr-tshuan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: se³ cuêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̀ tshueng
  - IPA ^(key): /sɯ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰueŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: sr tshoe (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩³³ t͡sʰø⁴⁴/

Proper noun

四川

(～省) Sichuan (a province of China)

Derived terms

四川盆地
四川草

四川菜
四川話／四川话 (Sìchuānhuà)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (四川):

→ Japanese: 四 (し)川 (せん) (Shisen)
→ Korean: 사천 (四川, Sacheon)
→ Vietnamese: Tứ Xuyên (四川)

Others:

→ English: Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan
→ French: Sichuan, Sétchouan
→ Korean: 쓰촨 (Sseuchwan)
→ Manchu: ᠰᡟᠴᡠᠸᠠᠨ (sycuwan)
→ Portuguese: Sichuan, Setsuan, Szechwan, Sujuão
→ Russian: Сычуа́нь (Syčuánʹ)
→ Spanish: Sichuán
→ Zhuang: Swconh

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	川
し Grade: 1	せん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɕisẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

四川 (hiragana しせん, rōmaji Shisen)

Sichuan

Derived terms

四 (し)川 (せん)語 (ご) (Shisengo)

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