# 西藏
## Chinese

* 西藏 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 西藏 (Cantonese)
* 西藏 (Classical)
* 西藏 (Gan)
* Sî-chhòng (Hakka)
* Să̤-câung (Eastern Min)
* Se-chōng (Southern Min)
* 西藏 (Wu)

### Etymology

First attested in the late 16th century, in Ming dynasty official documents. 西 (xī, “west”) denotes the location of Tibet relative to the Qinghai Lake, while 藏 (Zàng) is a shortening of 烏思藏／乌思藏 (Wūsīzàng, “Ü-Tsang”), which was borrowed from Tibetan དབུས་གཙང (dbus gtsang) (Li, 2016).
Manchu ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ ᡯᠠᠩ (wargi dzang, “Ü-Tsang; Tibet”, literally “west dzang”) appears to be a calque of 西藏 (Li, 2018).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Xīzàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄗㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^1$ zong$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Sî-chhong
    (Hailu, HRS): si$^ˋ$ cong$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xi$^1$ cong$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Să̤-câung
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): se$^1$ zorng$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Se-chōng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sai$^1$ zang$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$shi-zaon$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Xīzàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄗㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Sizàng
*** Wade–Giles: Hsi$^1$-tsang$^4$
*** Yale: Syī-dzàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shitzanq
*** Palladius: Сицзан (Siczan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^1$ zong$^6$
*** Yale: sāi johng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^1$ dzong$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^1$ zong$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-chhong
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi$^ˊ$ cong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^1$ cong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /si²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: si$^ˋ$ cong$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /si⁵³ t͡sʰoŋ³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xi$^1$ cong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /si⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɔŋ⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Să̤-câung
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒɑuŋ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: se$^1$ zorng$^5$ [Phonetic: se$^2$ lorng$^5$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Sa̤-cō̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬe⁵³³⁻¹³ $^{(t͡s-)}$lɒŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-chōng
*** Tâi-lô: Se-tsōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sezong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sai$^1$ zang$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sai tsăng
*** Sinological IPA : /sai³³⁻²³ t͡saŋ³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shi-zaon$_6$
*** MiniDict: shi$^平$ zaon$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$xi-zaan$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ zɑ̃²¹/

### Proper noun

西藏
* Tibet (a geographic region in Central Asia, the homeland of the Tibetan people)
** 1575, 蔡汝賢, (Please provide the book title or journal name); quoted in 明神宗顯皇帝實錄, (Please provide a date or year):
       Gài xǔ zhī jiàn sì, zé Xīzàng yī lù wǎnglái zìyóu; tīng zhī fèng fó, zé nánběi zhū fān jiāotōng wú jìn, bǐ xiálǔ qǐ zhēn yǒu cóngshàn zhī niàn zāi? [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** c. 1590s, 鄭洛, 敬陳備禦海虜事宜以弭後患疏; quoted in 皇明經世文編, 1638:
       Zì lǔ kuǎn yǐhòu, fān lǔ jiāotōng, gè sēng jiùjìn qǔdào hǎi shàng, zhí fù Xīzàng. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    From: 1764, 欽定大清會典
    Běi yú Hànhǎi, xī jué Qiāng huāng, Qīnghǎi, Èlǔtè, Xīzàng, Zhǔngá'ěr zhī dì xián rù bǎntú. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (～自治區, formerly ～地方) Tibet (an autonomous region of China)

#### Synonyms

* (older names) 蕃 (fán), 土蕃, 吐蕃 (Tǔbō, Tǔfān)
* (Tibet (cultural area)): 藏區／藏区 (Zàngqū), 藏地 (Zàngdì), 圖博／图博 (Túbó)

#### Derived terms

* 西藏地方
* 西藏自治區 / 西藏自治区 (Xīzàng Zìzhìqū)
* 西藏路 (Xīzànglù)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 西蔵(せいぞう) (Seizō)
* → Korean: 서장(西藏) (Seojang)
* → Vietnamese: Tây Tạng (西藏)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 西 | 藏 |
| せい Grade: 2 | ぞう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 西藏 – see the following entry. :
| 【西蔵せいぞう】 | [proper noun] (rare) Synonym of チベット (Chibetto, “Tibet”); Xizang |
| 【西蔵チベット】 | [proper noun] Rare spelling of チベット (“Tibet”). |
(This term, 西藏, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 西 | 藏 |

### Proper noun

西藏 • (Seojang) (hangeul 서장)
* hanja form of 서장 :
** Tibet (a geographic region in Central Asia, the homeland of the Tibetan people)
** Tibet (an autonomous region of China)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 西 | 藏 |

### Proper noun

西藏
* chữ Hán form of Tây Tạng.:
** Tibet (a geographic region in Central Asia, the homeland of the Tibetan people)
** Tibet (an autonomous region of China)