西沙
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Chinese[edit]
west | granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar | ||
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simp. and trad. (西沙) |
西 | 沙 |
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Sisha
- Wade–Giles: Hsi1-sha1
- Yale: Syī-shā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shisha
- Palladius: Сиша (Siša)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sai1 saa1
- Yale: sāi sā
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai1 saa1
- Guangdong Romanization: sei1 sa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun[edit]
西沙
- (~群島) The Paracel Islands, an archipelago in the South China Sea administered by the People's Republic of China
- (~區) Xisha (a district of Sansha, Hainan, China)
- (~島) (historical) Xisha Island, one of the chief shoals which formed modern Chongming Island in northern Shanghai