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西安

西安

Chinese

		west	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
simp. and trad. (西安)		西	安

Proper noun

西安

Xi'an

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	安
せい Grade: 2	あん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Proper noun

西安 ‎(hiragana せいあん, romaji Seian)

Xi'an

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Xī'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ on¹
Min Nan (POJ): Se-an

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: Xī'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shian
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ˀa̠n⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    西安
    醯胺
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ on¹
  - Yale: sāi ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ on¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-an
  - Tâi-lô: Se-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ an³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴/