# 西南
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīnán
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄋㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^1$ naam$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-nàm
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sai-lâm / se-lâm
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīnán
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄋㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sinán
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$-nan$^2$
*** Yale: syī-nán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinan
*** Palladius: синань (sinanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$息男 西南
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^1$ naam$^4$
*** Yale: sāi nàahm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^1$ naam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^1$ nam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯⁵⁵ naːm²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-nàm
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi$^ˊ$ nam$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^1$ nam$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ nam¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-lâm
*** Tâi-lô: sai-lâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sailaam
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-lâm
*** Tâi-lô: se-lâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: selaam
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: sej nom
Rime :
| Character | 西 | 南 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) | 覃 (159) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | I |
| Fanqie | 先稽切 | 那含切 |
| Baxter | sej | nom |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sei/ | /nʌm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sei/ | /nəm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɛi/ | /nɒm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɛj/ | /nəm/ |
| Li Rong | /sei/ | /nᴀm/ |
| Wang Li | /siei/ | /nɒm/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /siei/ | /năm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xī | nán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sai$^1$ | naam$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nˤər nˤ[ə]m/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl nuːm/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 西 | 南 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xī | nán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sej › | ‹ nom › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-nˁər/ | /*nˁ[ə]m/ |
| English | west | south |
| 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 | 南 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 13236 | 9355 |
| Phonetic component | 西 | 南 |
| Rime group | 微 | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 西 | 南 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɯːl/ | /*nuːm/ |

### Noun

西南
* southwest

#### Coordinate terms

compass points: 方位 (fāngwèi):
| 西北 (xīběi) | 北 | 東北 / 东北 (dōngběi) |
| 西 (xī) | | 東 / 东 (dōng) |
| 西南 (xīnán) | 南 | 東南 / 东南 (dōngnán) |

#### Derived terms

* 西南地區 / 西南地区 (Xīnán Dìqū)
* 西南季風 / 西南季风
* 西南風 / 西南风 (xīnánfēng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 西南(せいなん) (seinan)
* → Korean: 서남(西南) (seonam)
* → Vietnamese: tây nam (西南)

### Proper noun

西南
* (～地區) Southwest China (a region of China; consisting of Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and the Tibet Autonomous Region)
* (～大行政區, ～區) (historical) Southwest China (a former greater administrative region of China from 1949 to 1954, consisting of Chongqing, Sichuan, Xikang, Guizhou and Yunnan)

#### Derived terms

* 西南夷 (Xīnányí)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 西 | 南 |
| せい Grade: 2 | なん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

西(せい)南(なん) • (seinan)
* southwest

#### Coordinate terms

compass points: 方角 (hōgaku):
| 北西 (hokusei) 西北 (seihoku) | 北 (kita) | 北東 (hokutō) 東北 (tōhoku) |
| 西 (nishi) | | 東 (higashi) |
| 西南 (seinan) 南西 (nansei) | 南 (minami) | 東南 (tōnan) 南東 (nantō) |

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 西 | 南 |

### Noun

西南 • (seonam) (hangeul 서남)
* hanja form of 서남 (“southwest”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 西 | 南 |

### Noun

西南
* chữ Hán form of tây nam (“southwest”).

### Verb

西南
* chữ Hán form of tây nam (“to southwest”).

#### Coordinate terms

compass points:
| tây bắc (西北) | bắc (北) | đông bắc (東北) |
| tây (西) | | đông (東) |
| tây nam (西南) | nam (南) | đông nam (東南) |