關西

See also: 关西 and 関西

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	west
trad. (關西)		關	西
simp. (关西)		关	西
anagram		西關／西关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ sai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûan-sî
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koan-se

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ sai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guansi
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: gwān-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanshi
    • Palladius: гуаньси (guanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan¹ sai¹
    • Yale: gwāan sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûan-sî
    • Hakka Romanization System: guan^ˊ xi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: guan¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-se
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koansef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ se³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang¹ sai¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang sai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ sai³³/

Noun

關西

1. (archaic) the area to the west of Hangu Pass

   • 當是時相國守關中，關中搖足則關西非陛下有也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     当是时相国守关中，关中摇足则关西非陛下有也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Dāng shìshí xiàngguó shǒu Guānzhōng, Guānzhōng yáozú zé Guānxī fēi bìxià yǒu yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Proper noun

關西

1. the Kansai region, a center-west area of Japan, between the areas of 中国 (Chūgoku) and 中部 (Chūbu)
2. (～地方) the Kwansŏ region of North Korea
3. (～鎮) Guanxi, Hsinchu (an urban township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan)
4. (～社區) Guanxi (a residential community of Zhuodaoquan, Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
關	西
かん Hyōgai	さい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
關	西
かん Hyōgai	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 關西 – see the following entry.

【関西かんさい】 [proper noun] Short for 関西地方 (Kansai-chihō): the center-west area of Japan between the 中国 (Chūgoku) and 中部 (Chūbu) regions [proper noun] (historical) the area west of 逢坂の関 (Ōsaka-no-seki, “tollgate of Ōsaka-yama”) 【関西かんせい】 [proper noun] (rare) Same as かんさい (Kansai) above [proper noun] the area to the west of Hangu Pass in China

(This term, 關西, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
關	西

Noun

關西 • (gwanseo) (hangeul 관서)

1. hanja form^? of 관서 (“Kwanso (the area corresponding to present-day North Pyongan, South Pyongan, and Chagang provinces); Guanxi (the area to the west of Hangu Pass in China)”)