四川

Chinese

		four	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (四川)		四	川
Literally: “four mountain passes”.

Etymology

During the Tang dynasty, the area of what is now Sichuan was administratively divided into three regions based on the main throughfares through the mountains 川道 (“mountain pass (often near a river)”) at the time. During the Song dynasty, these regions were further redivided into four separate regions, giving rise to its modern name.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): Sìchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄔㄨㄢ

(Chengdu, SP): Si⁴ cuan¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sei³ cyun¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu¹ cun¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Si-chhôn

(Meixian, Guangdong): xi⁴ con¹
Min Dong (BUC): Sé̤ṳ-chiŏng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Sù-chhoan / Sìr-chhoan / Sì-chhoan

(Teochew, Peng'im): si³ cuêng¹ / si³ cuang¹
Wu (Wiktionary): ²sr-tshoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sìchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sìhchuan
  - Wade–Giles: Ssŭ⁴-chʻuan¹
  - Yale: Sz̀-chwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syhchuan
  - Palladius: Сычуань (Syčuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: Si⁴ cuan¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Scuan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹³ t͡sʰuan⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ cyun¹
  - Yale: sei chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ qun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ t͡ʃʰyːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhu¹ cun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu³³ t͡sʰun³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Si-chhôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi con´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ con¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sʰon²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xi⁴ con¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi⁵³ t͡sʰɔn⁴⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Sé̤ṳ-chiŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuoŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sù-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: Sù-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suozhoafn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sìr-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: Sìr-tshuan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sì-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: Sì-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siezhoafn
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si³ cuêng¹ / si³ cuang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì tshueng / sì tshuang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰueŋ³³/, /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰuaŋ³³/

Note:

si3 cuêng1 - Chaozhou;
si3 cuang1 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ²sr-tshoe
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩³³ t͡sʰø⁴⁴/

Proper noun

四川

(～省) Sichuan (a province of China)

Derived terms

四川盆地 (Sìchuān Péndì)
四川草
四川菜
四川話／四川话 (Sìchuānhuà)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (四川):

→ Japanese: 四(し)川(せん) (Shisen)
→ Korean: 사천(四川) (Sacheon)
→ Vietnamese: Tứ Xuyên (四川)

→ Catalan: Sichuan
→ English: Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan
→ French: Sichuan, Sétchouan
→ Korean: 쓰촨 (^sseuchwan)
→ Manchu: ᠰᡟᠴᡠᠸᠠᠨ (sycuwan)
→ Portuguese: Sichuan, Setsuan, Szechwan, Sujuão
→ Russian: Сычуа́нь (Syčuánʹ), сычуа́нец (syčuánec)
→ Spanish: Sichuán
→ Zhuang: Swconh

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	川
し Grade: 1	せん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕisẽ̞ɴ]

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Proper noun

四(し)川(せん) • (Shisen)

Sichuan

Derived terms

四(し)川(せん)語(ご) (Shisengo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
四	川

Proper noun

四川 • (Sacheon) (hangeul 사천)

Hanja form^? of 사천 (“Sichuan”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
四	川

Proper noun

四川

chữ Hán form of Tứ Xuyên (“Sichuan”).

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