河西

Chinese

		river	west
simp. and trad. (河西)		河	西
anagram		西河

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héxī

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ sai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-sî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hô-se

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hési
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-hsi¹
  - Yale: hé-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershi
  - Palladius: хэси (xɛsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    和息
    河西
    荷西
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ sai¹
  - Yale: hòh sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ sei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-sî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ xi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² xi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ si²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-se
  - Tâi-lô: Hô-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoisef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² se³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ se⁴⁴/

Proper noun

河西

(historical) Hexi (region west of the upper reaches of the Yellow River)
河西走廊 ― Héxī Zǒuláng ― Hexi Corridor

河西四郡 ― Héxī Sì Jùn ― four commanderies in Hexi Corridor

河西道 ― Héxī Dào ― Hexi Circuit
1. nonstandard form of 西夏 (Xīxià)
(～區) Hexi (a district of Tianjin, China)
(～街道) Hexi (a subdistrict of Golmud, Haixi prefecture, Qinghai, China)

Coordinate terms

河內／河内 (Hénèi)
河中 (Hézhōng)
河外 (Héwài)
河東／河东 (Hédōng)
河南 (Hénán)
河北 (Héběi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
河	西
か Grade: 5	さい Grade: 2

Proper noun

河(か)西(さい) • (Kasai)

a surname