四縣

See also: 四县

Chinese

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

Etymology

Coined in linguist Yang Shih-Feng's The Hakka Dialect of Tao-yuan, Taiwan (《臺灣桃園客家方言》), published in 1957; 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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-koān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhshiann
    • Palladius: сысянь (sysjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ jyun⁶
    • Yale: sei yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ yun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ jyːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si-yen
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi ien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ yan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ i̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si-yan
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi (r)ian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ yan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ (j)i̯an⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-koān
    • Tâi-lô: sù-kuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'koan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ kuan³³/

Noun

四縣

1. (～腔, ～話) Sixian dialect of Hakka

   講四縣／讲四县 [Sixian Hakka]  ―  kóng Si-yen [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]  ―  to speak the Sixian dialect

Derived terms

• 四縣腔／四县腔 (sìxiànqiāng)
• 四縣話／四县话 (sìxiànhuà)

 

Proper noun

四縣

1. (historical) Sixian (four counties)