廣西

See also: 广西

Chinese

		wide; numerous; to spread	west
trad. (廣西)		廣	西
simp. (广西)		广	西

Etymology

Named after Guangnan West Circuit (廣南西路／广南西路) of the Song dynasty.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Guǎngxī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong² sai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kóng-sî
Min Dong (BUC): Guōng-să̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Kńg-sai / Kúiⁿ-sai / Kńg-se

(Teochew, Peng'im): geng² sai¹
Wu (Wiktionary): kuaan xi (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Guǎngxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goangshi
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong² sai¹
  - Yale: gwóng sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong² sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong² sei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kóng-sî
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong` xi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong³ xi¹
  - IPA: /koŋ³¹ ɕi²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Guōng-să̤
  - IPA ^(key): /kuoŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)nɛ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kńg-sai
  - Tâi-lô: Kńg-sai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngfsay
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ saɪ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ saɪ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kúiⁿ-sai
  - Tâi-lô: Kuínn-sai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvuysay
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ saɪ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kńg-se
  - Tâi-lô: Kńg-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngfsef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: geng² sai¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ́ng sai
  - IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sai³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: kuaan xi (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /kɯɑ̃³³ ɕi⁴⁴/

Proper noun

廣西

(～壯族自治區) Guangxi (an autonomous region of China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (廣西):

Japanese: 広 (こう)西 (せい) (Kōsei)
Vietnamese: Quảng Tây (廣西)

Others:

→ English: Guangxi
→ French: Guangxi
→ Korean: 광시 (Gwangsi)
→ Portuguese: Guangxi
→ Russian: Гуанси́ (Guansí)
→ Uyghur: گۇاڭشى‎ (guangshi)
→ Zhuang: Gvangjsih, Guengjsae

Zhuang

Proper noun

廣西

Sawndip form of Gvangjsih

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