西藏

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Chinese

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west phonetic
trad. (西藏) 西
simp. #(西藏) 西
2nd round simp. 西䒙
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Etymology

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Partial calque of Manchu ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ
ᡯᠠᠩ
(wargi dzang, Ü-Tsang; Tibet, literally west dzang) in Qing-dynasty imperial annals (Qing Shilu, 1663 CE) (Chen, 1999).

The Manchu term was a phono-semantic matching of Tibetan དབུས་གཙང (dbus gtsang, Ü-Tsang), matching the first syllable དབུས (dbus, centre) with the then close-sounding Manchu ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ (wargi, west, i.e. western region) (ibid.).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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西藏

  1. Tibet (cultural area)
  2. (~自治區, formerly 地方) Tibet Autonomous Region (an autonomous region of China; capital: Lhasa)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (西藏):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
西
せい
Grade: 2
ぞう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 西藏 – see the following entry.
西蔵せいぞう
[proper noun] (rare) Synonym of チベット (Chibetto, Tibet); Xizang
西蔵チベット
[proper noun] Rare spelling of チベット (Tibet).
(This term, 西藏, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term
西

Proper noun

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西藏 (Seojang) (hangeul 서장)

  1. hanja form? of 서장 (Tibet)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西

Proper noun

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西藏

  1. chữ Hán form of Tây Tạng (Tibet).