西沙

Chinese

		west	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
simp. and trad. (西沙)		西	沙

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sisha
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-sha¹
    • Yale: Syī-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shisha
    • Palladius: Сиша (Siša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ saa¹
    • Yale: sāi sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

西沙

1. (～群島) The Paracel Islands, an archipelago in the South China Sea administered by the People's Republic of China
2. (～區) Xisha (a district of Sansha, Hainan, China)
3. (～島) (historical) Xisha Island, one of the chief shoals which formed modern Chongming Island in northern Shanghai

   Synonym: 顧俊沙 / 顾俊沙 (Gùjùnshā)

Coordinate terms

• 東沙／东沙 (Dōngshā)
• 南沙 (Nánshā)
• 中沙 (Zhōngshā)

Descendants

• → English: Hsisha, Xisha