西風

See also: 西风

Chinese

		west	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (西風)		西	風
simp. (西风)		西	风

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sai¹ fung¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhai¹ fuung¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-fûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sai-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sifong
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: syī-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shifeng
    • Palladius: сифэн (sifɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ fung¹
    • Yale: sāi fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhai¹ fuung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬai³³ fɵŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-fûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ fung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴⁻¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-hong
    • Tâi-lô: sai-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sai'hofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sai³³ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sej pjuwng

Rime
Character	西	風
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	先稽切	方戎切
Baxter	sej	pjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/pɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/piuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/piuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/puwŋ/
Li Rong	/sei/	/piuŋ/
Wang Li	/siei/	/pĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/siei/	/pi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	fēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai1	fung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nˤər  prəm/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl  plum/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	西	風
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	fēng
Middle Chinese	‹ sej ›	‹ pjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nˁər/	/*prəm/
English	west	wind (n.)
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	風
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	13236	2921
Phonetic component	西	凡
Rime group	微	侵
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	西	風
Old Chinese	/*sɯːl/	/*plum/

Noun

西風

1. westerly (a persistent wind from the west)
2. (literary, poetic) autumn wind
3. (figurative) decaying influences
4. Western social mores and culture

Synonyms

• (westerly wind): (literary, figurative) 終風／终风 (zhōngfēng)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “westerly wind”): 東風／东风 (dōngfēng)
• (antonym(s) of “autumn wind”): 東風／东风 (dōngfēng)
• (antonym(s) of “decaying influences”): 東風／东风 (dōngfēng)

Derived terms

• 不是東風壓了西風，就是西風壓了東風 / 不是东风压了西风，就是西风压了东风
• 咆哮西風 / 咆哮西风 (páoxiāo xīfēng)
• 東風壓倒西風 / 东风压倒西风
• 西風帶 / 西风带
• 西風斜陽 / 西风斜阳
• 西風東漸 / 西风东渐
• 西風槽 / 西风槽
• 西風殘照 / 西风残照
• 西風波 / 西风波
• 西風漂流 / 西风漂流 (Xīfēng Piāoliú)
• 西風環流 / 西风环流
• 西風的話 / 西风的话
• 西風落葉 / 西风落叶
• 西風貫驢耳 / 西风贯驴耳

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
西	風
せい Grade: 2	ふう Grade: 2
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーふう [sèéfúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɸɯ̟ː]

Noun

西(せい)風(ふう) • (seifū) 

1. westerly; west wind
2. autumn wind

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
西	風
にし Grade: 2	かぜ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にしかぜ [nìshíkázé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɕika̠ze̞]

Noun

西(にし)風(かぜ) • (nishikaze) 

1. westerly; west wind

References

• “西風”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
• “西風” in Weblio Dictionary.