山西

Chinese
mountain; hill west
simp. and trad.
(山西)		 山 西
anagram 西山
Literally: “west of the mountain”.

Etymology
Shanxi
From the position of the province's central Fen River valley west of the Taihang Mountains.

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 山 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 山 (73) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II IV
Fanqie 所閒切 先稽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʃˠɛn/ /sei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʃᵚæn/ /sei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʃæn/ /sɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʂəɨn/ /sɛj/
Li
Rong		 /ʃɛn/ /sei/
Wang
Li		 /ʃæn/ /siei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʂăn/ /siei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shān xī
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 山 西 西
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shān xī xī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ srɛn › ‹ sej › ‹ sej ›
Old
Chinese		 /*s-ŋrar/ /*s-nˁər/ /*s-nˁər/
English mountain, hill west west

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 山 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11052 13236
Phonetic
component		 山 西
Rime
group		 元 微
Rime
subdivision		 2 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 山 西
Old
Chinese		 /*sreːn/ /*sɯːl/

Proper noun

山西

  1. (～省) Shanxi (a province of China)
  2. (historical, specifically) the area to the west of the Taihang Mountains
  3. (historical, specifically) the area to the west of Mount Hua

Noun

山西

  1. west of the mountain (in general)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
山 西
さん
Grade: 1		 せい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

山西 (hiragana さんせい, rōmaji Sansei)

  1. Shanxi province

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
山 西
やま
Grade: 1		 にし
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Proper noun

山西 (hiragana やまにし, rōmaji Yamanishi)

  1. A surname​.

Korean
Hanja in this term
山西

Proper noun

山西 • (Sanseo) (hangeul 산서)

  1. Hanja form? of 산서 (“Shanxi”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
山西

Proper noun

山西

  1. Hán tự form of Sơn Tây (“Shanxi”).
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