鎮西

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Chinese[edit]

		composed; small town; to suppress composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post	west
trad. (鎮西)		鎮	西
simp. (镇西)		镇	西

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhènxī

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ sai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhènxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhènsi
  - Wade–Giles: Chên⁴-hsi¹
  - Yale: Jèn-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jennshi
  - Palladius: Чжэньси (Čžɛnʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan³ sai¹
  - Yale: jan sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen³ sei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun[edit]

鎮西

(historical) (～縣) Old name for 巴里坤 (Bālǐkūn).

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
鎮	西
ちん Grade: S	せい > ぜい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
鎭西 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

Derivation uncertain.

In 743, the govermental name 大宰府 (Dazaifu) was renamed to Chinzeifu.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) ちんぜー [chíꜜǹzèè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) ちんぜー [chìńzéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩnd͡ze̞ː]

Proper noun[edit]

鎮(ちん)西(ぜい) • (Chinzei)

old name of 九州 (Kyūshū)

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “ちん‐ぜい【鎮西】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

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