關西

See also: 关西 and 関西

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānxī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ sai¹
Min Nan (POJ): Koan-se

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guānxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanshi
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guansi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwän⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaan¹ sai¹
  - Yale: gwāan sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ sei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷäːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-se
  - Tâi-lô: Kuan-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koansef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ se³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/

Noun

關西

(archaic) the area to the west of Hangu Pass

Proper noun

關西

the Kansai region, a center-west area of Japan, between the areas of 中国 (Chūgoku) and 中部 (Chūbu)
(～地方) the Kwansŏ region of North Korea
(～鎮) Guanxi, Hsinchu (an urban township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan)
(～社區) Guanxi (a residential community in Zhuodaoquan, Hongshan, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

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