西藏

Chinese

		west	phonetic
trad. (西藏)		西	藏
simp. ^#(西藏)		西	藏

Etymology

Partial calque of Manchu ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ
ᡯᠠᠩ (wargi dzang, “Ü-Tsang; Tibet”, literally “west dzang”) in Qing-dynasty imperial annals (Qing Shilu, 1663 CE) (Chen, 1999).

The Manchu term was a phono-semantic matching of Tibetan དབུས་གཙང (dbus gtsang, “Ü-Tsang”), matching the first syllable དབུས (dbus, “centre”) with the then close-sounding Manchu ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ (wargi, “west”, i.e. western region) (ibid.).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīzàng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄗㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ zong⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Sî-chhông

(Meixian, Guangdong): xi¹ cong⁴
Min Dong (BUC): Să̤-câung
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Se-chōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): sai¹ zang⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹xi-zaan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīzàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄗㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sizàng
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-tsang⁴
  - Yale: Syī-dzàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shitzanq
  - Palladius: Сицзан (Siczan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ zong⁶
  - Yale: sāi johng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ dzong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ zong⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-chhông
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi´ cong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ cong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xi¹ cong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɔŋ⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Să̤-câung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɑuŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (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: sai¹ zang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sai tsăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³³⁻²³ t͡saŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹xi-zaan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ z̥ɑ̃²¹/

Proper noun

西藏

Tibet (cultural area)
- 北踰瀚海，西絶羌荒，青海、厄魯特、西藏、準噶爾之地咸入版圖。 [MSC, trad.]
  北逾瀚海，西绝羌荒，青海、厄鲁特、西藏、准噶尔之地咸入版图。 [MSC, simp.]
  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 example)
(～自治區, formerly ～地方) Tibet Autonomous Region (an autonomous region of China; capital: Lhasa)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

西藏地方
西藏路 (Xīzànglù)

西藏自治區／西藏自治区 (Xīzàng Zìzhìqū)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (西藏):

→ 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

Proper noun

西(せい)藏(ぞう) • (Seizō)

Kyūjitai form of 西蔵 (“Tibet”)
Rare spelling of チベット (“Tibet”).

Korean

Hanja in this term
西	藏

Proper noun

西藏 • (Seojang) (hangeul 서장)

Hanja form^? of 서장 (“Tibet”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
西	藏

Proper noun

西藏

chữ Hán form of Tây Tạng (“Tibet”).

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