# 四川
## Chinese

* 四川 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 四川 (Classical)
* 四川 (Cantonese)
* 四川 (Gan)
* Si-chhôn (Hakka)
* Sé̤ṳ-chiŏng (Eastern Min)
* Sù-chhoan (Southern Min)
* 四川 (Wu)

### Etymology

During the Tang dynasty, the area of what is now Sichuan was administratively divided into three regions based on the main throughfares through the mountains 川道 (“mountain pass (often near a river)”) at the time. During the Song dynasty, these regions were further redivided into four separate regions, giving rise to its modern name.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): Sìchuān
       (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄔㄨㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): Si$^4$ cuan$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sei$^3$ cyun$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu$^1$ cun$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Si-chhôn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xi$^4$ con$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Sé̤ṳ-chiŏng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Sù-chhoan / Sìr-chhoan / Sì-chhoan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): si$^3$ cuêng$^1$ / si$^3$ cuang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$sy-tshoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Sìchuān
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄔㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Sìhchuan
*** Wade–Giles: Ssŭ$^4$-chʻuan$^1$
*** Yale: Sz̀-chwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syhchuan
*** Palladius: Сычуань (Syčuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: Si$^4$ cuan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Scuan
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩²¹³ t͡sʰuan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sei$^3$ cyun$^1$
*** Yale: sei chyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sei$^3$ tsyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: séi$^3$ qun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sei̯³³ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhu$^1$ cun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬu³³ t͡sʰun³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Si-chhôn
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi con$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^4$ con$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ t͡sʰon²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xi$^4$ con$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /si⁵³ t͡sʰɔn⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Sé̤ṳ-chiŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /sy²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒuoŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sù-chhoan
*** Tâi-lô: Sù-tshuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suozhoafn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sìr-chhoan
*** Tâi-lô: Sìr-tshuan
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
** (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sì-chhoan
*** Tâi-lô: Sì-tshuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siezhoafn
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: si$^3$ cuêng$^1$ / si$^3$ cuang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì tshueng / sì tshuang
*** Sinological IPA : /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰueŋ³³/, /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰuaŋ³³/
* si3 cuêng1 - Chaozhou;
* si3 cuang1 - Shantou.
* Middle Chinese: sijH tsyhwen
Rime :
| Character | 四 | 川 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 息利切 | 昌緣切 |
| Baxter | sijH | tsyhwen |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siɪ$^H$/ | /t͡ɕʰiuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /si$^H$/ | /t͡ɕʰʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjɪ$^H$/ | /t͡ɕʰjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /si$^H$/ | /cʰwian/ |
| Li Rong | /si$^H$/ | /t͡ɕʰiuɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /si$^H$/ | /t͡ɕʰĭwɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si$^H$/ | /t͡ɕʰi̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sì | chuān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | si$^3$ | cyun$^1$ |

### Proper noun

四川
* (～省) Sichuan (a province in central China)

#### Derived terms

* 四川盆地 (Sìchuān Péndì)
* 四川胡椒 (Sìchuān hújiāo)
* 四川草
* 四川菜
* 四川話 / 四川话 (Sìchuānhuà)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 四(し)川(せん) (Shisen)
* → Korean: 사천(四川) (Sacheon)
* → Vietnamese: Tứ Xuyên (四川)
* → Catalan: Sichuan
* → English: Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan
* → French: Sichuan, Sétchouan
* → Korean: 쓰촨 (Sseuchwan)
* → Manchu: ᠰᡟᠴᡠᠸᠠᠨ (sycuwan)
* → Portuguese: Sichuan, Setsuan, Szechwan, Sujuão
* → Russian: Сычуа́нь (Syčuánʹ), сычуа́нец (syčuánec)
* → Spanish: Sichuán
* → Zhuang: Swconh

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 四 | 川 |
| し Grade: 1 | せん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕisẽ̞ɴ]
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### Proper noun

四(し)川(せん) • (Shisen)
* Sichuan (a province in central China)

#### Derived terms

* 四(し)川(せん)語(ご) (Shisengo)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 四 | 川 |

### Proper noun

四川 • (Sacheon) (hangeul 사천)
* hanja form of 사천 : Sichuan (a province in central China)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 四 | 川 |

### Proper noun

四川
* chữ Hán form of Tứ Xuyên.: Sichuan (a province in central China)