Sichuan
See also: Sìchuān
English
Alternative forms
- Szechuan, Szechwan
- (from Wade–Giles) Ssu-ch'uan
- (obsolete) Suchuen
- Szechuen
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 四川 (Sìchuān), a contraction of the Southern Song 四川 (Sìchuān)路 (lù).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪt͡ʃ.wɑn/
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛʃ.wɑn/, /ˈsɛt͡ʃ.wɑn/
Proper noun
Sichuan
- A province in central China. Capital: Chengdu.
- [1669, Nievhoff, John, John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 242:
- In Suchue, on Mount Tiexe, the ſtones that grow there being burnt in the fire, drop Iron, which is very fit for the making Swords.]
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Derived terms
Translations
a province in China
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References
- “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 484: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Ssu-ch'uan (Sichuan) 四川”
Catalan
Derived terms
French
Alternative forms
- Sichouan (misspelling)
Proper noun
Sichuan m
Derived terms
- Sichuanais
- sichuanais
Portuguese
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