四縣

See also: 四县

Chinese

		four	a district; county
trad. (四縣)		四	縣
simp. (四县)		四	县

Etymology

Refers to four counties of the Jiaying Prefecture during the Qing dynasty: Xingning (興寧), Changle (長樂, now called Wuhua 五華), Pingyuan (平遠) and Zhenping (鎮平, now called Jiaoling 蕉嶺). Taiwanese Hakkas who speak the Sixian dialect can generally trace back their ancestry to these counties.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ jyun⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si-yen / si-yan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sìxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhshiann
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ jyun⁶
  - Yale: sei yuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ jyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ yun⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ jyːn²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si-yen
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi ien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ yan⁴
  - IPA: /ɕi⁵⁵ i̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si-yan
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi (r)ian
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ yan⁴
  - IPA: /ɕi⁵⁵ (j)i̯an⁵⁵/

Noun

四縣

(～腔, ～話) Sixian dialect of Hakka
講四縣 / 讲四县 [Hakka] ― kóng Si-yen [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ] ― to speak the Sixian dialect

Proper noun

四縣

(historical) Sixian (four counties)

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