西京

Chinese

		west	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (西京)		西	京

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xījīng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ ging¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Xījīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄐㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shijing
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    吸睛
    西京
    西經／西经
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: sai¹ ging¹
  - Yale: sāi gīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ ging¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ ging¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    西京
    西經／西经

Proper noun

西京

(historical) "The Western Capital", a former name of:
1. Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi, during the Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties
2. Luoyang (洛陽), Henan, during the Later Jin dynasty
3. Datong (大同), Shanxi, during the Liao dynasty
4. Chengdu (成都), Sichuan, during its occupation by a short-lived successor state to the Ming.

See also

東京／东京 (Dōngjīng)
北京 (Běijīng)
南京 (Nánjīng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	京
さい Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) さいきょー [sàíkyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [sa̠ikʲo̞ː]

Noun

西京 (hiragana さいきょう, rōmaji saikyō, historical hiragana さいきやう)

a western capital

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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