西風

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See also: 西风

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (16) (1)
Final () (39) (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/siei/ /pi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai1 fung1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 13236 2921
Phonetic
component
西
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 3
Corresponding
MC rime
西
Old
Chinese
/*sɯːl/ /*plum/

Noun

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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

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

Antonyms

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  • (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

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