西洋

Chinese

		west	ocean; foreign
simp. and trad. (西洋)		西	洋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ joeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-yòng
Min Nan (POJ): Se-iûⁿ / Se-iôⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Xīyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiyang
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    夕陽／夕阳
    西洋
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ joeng⁴
  - Yale: sāi yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ yêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi´ iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ yong²
  - IPA: /ɕi²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi´ (r)iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ yong²
  - IPA: /ɕi²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-iûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Se-iûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'viuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-iôⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Se-iônn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'viooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² iɔ̃¹³/

Proper noun

西洋

Western world; the West
(literary, historical) Western Seas (region west of the South China Sea)

Derived terms

下西洋
西洋人 (xīyángrén)
西洋劍／西洋剑
西洋參／西洋参 (xīyángshēn)
西洋史
西洋接骨木 (xīyáng jiēgǔmù)

西洋景 (xīyángjǐng)
西洋棋 (xīyángqí)
西洋畫／西洋画
西洋象棋 (xīyáng xiàngqí)
西洋鏡／西洋镜 (xīyángjìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	洋
せい Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) せーよー [séꜜèyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːjo̞ː]

Noun

西洋 (hiragana せいよう, rōmaji seiyō, historical hiragana せいやう)

The West, western countries

Antonyms

東 (とう)洋 (よう) (tōyō)

Derived terms

西 (せい)洋 (よう)将 (しょう)棋 (ぎ) (seiyōshōgi)
西 (せい)洋 (よう)人 (じん) (seiyōjin)
西洋李 (せいようすもも) (seiyōsumomo)
西洋梨 (せいようなし) (seiyōnashi)
西洋山葵 (せいようわさび) (seiyōwasabi): horseradish

Related terms

欧 (おう)米 (べい) (ōbei)
西 (せい)欧 (おう) (seiō)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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