西周

Chinese

		west	encircle; circuit; complete encircle; circuit; complete; lap; week; cycle; all; every; attentive; thoughtful
simp. and trad. (西周)		西	周

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīzhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ zau¹
Min Nan (POJ): Se-chiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Xīzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shijou
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    稀粥
    西周
    西州
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ zau¹
  - Yale: sāi jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ zeo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: Se-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seciw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ t͡ɕiu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/

Proper noun

西周

the Western Zhou dynasty

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 CE	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 CE	Wei 魏
		Shu 蜀
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 CE	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 CE	Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 CE	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 CE
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 CE
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 CE
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 CE
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 CE	Northern Song 北宋
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 CE	Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 CE
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 CE
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 CE
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 CE
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 CE
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 CE

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西周

Chinese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

See also