西南

Chinese
west south
simp. and trad.
(西南)		 西 南
anagram 南西

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 西 南
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 覃 (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV I
Fanqie 先稽切 那含切
Baxter sej nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /sei/ /nʌm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /sei/ /nəm/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sɛi/ /nɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sɛj/ /nəm/
Li
Rong		 /sei/ /nᴀm/
Wang
Li		 /siei/ /nɒm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /siei/ /năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xī nán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 sai1 naam4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西 南
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xī nán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sej › ‹ nom ›
Old
Chinese		 /*s-nˁər/ /*nˁ[ə]m/
English west south

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 西 南
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13236 9355
Phonetic
component		 西 南
Rime
group		 微 侵
Rime
subdivision		 1 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 西 南
Old
Chinese		 /*sɯːl/ /*nuːm/

Noun

西南

  1. southwest

Coordinate terms
西北 (xīběi) 北 東北／东北 (dōngběi)
西 (xī) 東／东 (dōng)
西南 (xīnán) 南 東南／东南 (dōngnán)

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (西南):

Proper noun

西南

  1. (～地區) Southwest China (a region of China; consisting of Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and the Tibet Autonomous Region)
  2. (～大行政區, ～區) (historical) Southwest China (a former greater administrative region of China from 1949 to 1954, consisting of Chongqing, Sichuan, Xikang, Guizhou and Yunnan)

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
西 南
せい
Grade: 2		 なん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

西(せい)南(なん) • (seinan) 

  1. southwest

Coordinate terms
西(せい)北(ほく) (seihoku) (西(せい)北(ほく) (seihoku))
北(ほく)西(せい) (hokusei) (北(ほく)西(せい) (hokusei))		 北(きた) (kita) (北(きた) (kita)) 東(とう)北(ほく) (tōhoku) (東(とう)北(ほく) (tōhoku))
北(ほく)東(とう) (hokutō) (北(ほく)東(とう) (hokutō))
西(にし) (nishi) (西(にし) (nishi)) 東(ひがし) (higashi) (東(ひがし) (higashi))
西(せい)南(なん) (seinan) (西(せい)南(なん) (seinan))
南(なん)西(せい) (nansei) (南(なん)西(せい) (nansei))		 南(みなみ) (minami) (南(みなみ) (minami)) 東(とう)南(なん) (tōnan) (東(とう)南(なん) (tōnan))
南(なん)東(とう) (nantō) (南(なん)東(とう) (nantō))

Korean
Hanja in this term
西南

Noun

西南 • (seonam) (hangeul 서남)

  1. Hanja form? of 서남 (“southwest”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西南

Noun

西南

  1. chữ Hán form of tây nam (“southwest”).

Verb

西南

  1. chữ Hán form of tây nam (“to southwest”).
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