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		mountain(s)	(land) west of
simp. and trad. (山西)		山	西

山西

山西 ‎(hiragana さんせい, romaji Sansei)

山西 ‎(hiragana やまにし, romaji Yamanishi)

From the position of the province's central Fen River valley west of the Taihang Mountains.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Shānxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shanshi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan¹ sai¹
  - Yale: sāan sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ sai¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sân-sî
  - Hakka Romanization System: san´ xi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: san¹ xi¹
  - IPA: /san²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕi²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Săng-să̤
  - IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)nɛ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soaⁿ-sai
  - Tâi-lô: Suann-sai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svoasay
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suã³³ saɪ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² saɪ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soaⁿ-se
  - Tâi-lô: Suann-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svoasef
  - IPA (Taipei): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/