# 西風
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīfēng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄈㄥ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sai$^1$ fung$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhai$^1$ fuung$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-fûng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sai-hong
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīfēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄈㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sifong
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$-fêng$^1$
*** Yale: syī-fēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shifeng
*** Palladius: сифэн (sifɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^1$ fung$^1$
*** Yale: sāi fūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^1$ fung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^1$ fung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhai$^1$ fuung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬai³³ fɵŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-fûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi$^ˊ$ fung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^1$ fung$^1$
*** 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/
* 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 | sai$^1$ | fung$^1$ |
* 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
* westerly (a persistent wind from the west)
* (literary, poetic) autumn wind
* (figurative) decaying influences
* 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: [se̞ːɸɯ̟ː]

#### Noun

西(せい)風(ふう) • (seifū)
* westerly; west wind
* 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: [ɲ̟iɕika̠ze̞]

#### Noun

西(にし)風(かぜ) • (nishikaze)
* westerly; west wind

### References

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