西北

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Note:
  • sai-pak - vernacular (all senses);
  • se-pak - literary (“northwest; Northwestern China”).
Rime
Character 西 北
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 登 (131)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV I
Fanqie 先稽切 博墨切
Baxter sej pok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /sei/ /pək̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /sei/ /pək̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sɛi/ /pək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sɛj/ /pək̚/
Li
Rong		 /sei/ /pək̚/
Wang
Li		 /siei/ /pək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /siei/ /pək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xī bo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 sai1 bak1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西 北
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xī běi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sej › ‹ pok ›
Old
Chinese		 /*s-nˁər/ /*pˁək/
English west north

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 北
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13236 414
Phonetic
component		 西 北
Rime
group		 微 職
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 西 北
Old
Chinese		 /*sɯːl/ /*pɯːɡ/

Noun

西北

  1. northwest
  2. (Min Nan) summer shower; convectional rain

Synonyms
  • (summer shower):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Coordinate terms
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) 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 (西北):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Korean: 서북(西北) (seobuk)
  • → Vietnamese: tây bắc (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Proper noun

西北

  1. (～地區) Northwest China (a region of China; consisting of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang)
  2. (～大行政區, ～區) (historical) Northwest China (a former greater administrative region of China from 1949 to 1954, consisting of Xi'an, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang)

Derived terms
  • 大西北 (Dàxīběi)
  • 東南一尉，西北一候／东南一尉，西北一候

Japanese
Kanji in this term
西 北
せい
Grade: 2		 ほく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

西(せい)北(ほく) • (seihoku) 

  1. northwest

Coordinate terms
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北西(ほくせい) (hokusei)		 北(きた) (kita) 東北(とうほく) (tōhoku)
北東(ほくとう) (hokutō)
西(にし) (nishi) 東(ひがし) (higashi)
西南(せいなん) (seinan)
南西(なんせい) (nansei)		 南(みなみ) (minami) 東南(とうなん) (tōnan)
南東(なんとう) (nantō)

Korean
Hanja in this term
西北

Noun

西北 • (seobuk) (hangeul 서북)

  1. Hanja form? of 서북 (“northwest”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西北

Noun

西北

  1. chữ Hán form of tây bắc (“northwest”).

Verb

西北

  1. chữ Hán form of tây bắc (“to northwest”).
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