西洋

Chinese

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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ joeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-yòng
Min Nan (POJ): Se-iûⁿ / Se-iôⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Xīyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiyang
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    夕陽／夕阳
    西洋
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ joeng⁴
  - Yale: sāi yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ yêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jœ̽ːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi´ iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ yong²
  - IPA: /ɕi²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi´ (r)iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ yong²
  - IPA: /ɕi²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-iûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Se-iûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'viuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-iôⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Se-iônn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'viooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² iɔ̃¹³/

Proper noun

西洋

the Western world; the West
(literary, historical) Western Seas (region west of the South China Sea)

Synonyms

(the Western world): 西方 (xīfāng)

Derived terms

下西洋
西洋人 (xīyángrén)
西洋劍／西洋剑
西洋參／西洋参 (xīyángshēn)
西洋史
西洋接骨木 (xīyáng jiēgǔmù)

西洋景 (xīyángjǐng)
西洋棋 (xīyángqí)
西洋畫／西洋画
西洋象棋 (xīyáng xiàngqí)
西洋鏡／西洋镜 (xīyángjìng)

Pronunciation 2

Min Nan (POJ): sai-iûⁿ / sai-iôⁿ

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-iûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sai-iûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sai'viuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /saɪ⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /saɪ³³ iũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-iôⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sai-iônn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sai'viooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /saɪ⁴⁴⁻²² iɔ̃¹³/

Noun

西洋

(Min Nan) Western cloth

Synonyms

西洋布

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) せーよー [séꜜèyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːjo̞ː]

Noun

西洋 (hiragana せいよう, rōmaji seiyō, historical hiragana せいやう)

The West, western countries

Antonyms

東 (とう)洋 (よう) (tōyō)

Derived terms

西 (せい)洋 (よう)将 (しょう)棋 (ぎ) (seiyōshōgi)
西 (せい)洋 (よう)人 (じん) (seiyōjin)
西洋李 (せいようすもも) (seiyōsumomo)
西洋梨 (せいようなし) (seiyōnashi)
西洋山葵 (せいようわさび) (seiyōwasabi): horseradish

Related terms

欧 (おう)米 (べい) (ōbei)
西 (せい)欧 (おう) (seiō)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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