西番

Chinese

		west	(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
trad. (西番)		西	番
simp. #(西番)		西	番

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīfān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄈㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīfān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄈㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sifan
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-fan¹
    • Yale: Syī-fān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shifan
    • Palladius: Сифань (Sifanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵/

Proper noun

西番

1. (historical ethnic slur) "The Western Barbarians", particularly
   1. (Tang era) Various native peoples west of Gansu.
   2. (Qing era) Various native peoples of western Sichuan and Yunnan neither Tibetan nor Yi, particularly the Qiang and other speakers of Qiangic languages.
   3. (Qing era, historical) Their homelands.
   4. Alternative name for 藏人 (Zàngrén, “Tibetans”).
   5. Alternative name for 西藏 (Xīzàng, “Tibet”).