# 陝西
## Chinese

* 陝西 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 陝西 (Cantonese)
* 陝西 (Classical)
* 陝西 (Gan)
* Sám-sî (Hakka)
* Siēng-să̤ (Eastern Min)
* Siám-sai-séng (Southern Min)
* 陕西省 (Wu)

### Etymology

From its position west of the Shan Pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): Shǎnxī
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ ㄒㄧ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Шанщи (Šanxi, I-0)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sim$^2$ sai$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'sen$^3$ xi$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Sám-sî
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sam$^3$ xi$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Siēng-să̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Siám-sai
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siam$^2$ sai$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$soe-shi$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Shǎnxī
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Shǎnsi
*** Wade–Giles: Shan$^3$-hsi$^1$
*** Yale: Shǎn-syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaanshi
*** Palladius: Шаньси (Šanʹsi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Шанщи (Šanxi, I-0)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂæ̃²⁴ ɕi⁰/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sim$^2$ sai$^1$
*** Yale: sím sāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sim$^2$ sai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xim$^2$ sei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːm³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'sen$^3$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈsɛn²¹³⁻¹³ ɕi⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sám-sî
*** Hakka Romanization System: sam$^ˋ$ xi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sam$^3$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sam³¹ si²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sam$^3$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sam³¹ si⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Siēng-să̤
*** Sinological IPA : /sieŋ³³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$nɛ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siám-sai
*** Tâi-lô: Siám-sai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsay
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sai³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sai⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siam$^2$ sai$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siám sai
*** Sinological IPA : /siam⁵²⁻³⁵ sai³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$soe-shi$_1$
*** MiniDict: soe$^去$ shi$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$soe-xi$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø³³ ɕi⁴⁴/

### Proper noun

陝西
* (～省) Shaanxi (a province of China)
       Shǎnxī miànshí de zhǒnglèi hé huāyàng zhēn duō. [Pinyin]
       In Shaanxi there are so many different kinds and variations of food made from wheat.

#### Descendants

* → English: Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shensi, Xensi
* → Manchu: ᡧᠠᠨᠰᡳ (šansi)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 陝 | 西 |
| せん Hyōgai | せい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Proper noun

陝(せん)西(せい) • (Sensei)
* Shaanxi (a province of China)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 陝 | 西 |

### Proper noun

陝西 • (Seomseo) (hangeul 섬서)
* hanja form of 섬서 : Shaanxi (a province of China)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 陝 | 西 |

### Proper noun

陝西
* chữ Hán form of Thiểm Tây.: Shaanxi (a province of China)