西照

Chinese

		west	according to; in accordance with; to shine according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph
simp. and trad. (西照)		西	照

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sai-chiò

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-chiò
    • Tâi-lô: sai-tsiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saicioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sai³³ t͡sio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sio²¹/

Verb

西照

1. (Southern Min, of a room) to have a western exposure to the sun and be hot in summer

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 西曬 (“to have a western exposure to the sun and be hot in summer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		西曬
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	西曬
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	西曬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	西曬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	西斜
	Hong Kong	西斜
Gan	Nanchang	西曬
Huizhou	Jixi	西曬
Southern Min	Xiamen	西照, 西照日
	Quanzhou	西照, 西照日
	Zhangzhou	西照, 西照日
	Jieyang	西借日
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	西曬
Wu	Wenzhou	西曬