西楚霸王

Chinese

		Western Chu	overlord and king; hegemon; overlord
trad. (西楚霸王)		西楚	霸王
simp. #(西楚霸王)		西楚	霸王

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīchǔ Bàwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨˇ ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ co² baa³ wong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīchǔ Bàwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨˇ ㄅㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sichǔ Bàwáng
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-chʻu³ Pa⁴-wang²
    • Yale: Syī-chǔ Bà-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shichuu Bahwang
    • Palladius: Сичу Баван (Siču Bavan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ co² baa³ wong⁴
    • Yale: sāi chó ba wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ tso² baa³ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ co² ba³ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵ paː³³ wɔːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sej tsrhjoX paeH hjwang

Rime
Character	西	楚	霸	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	初 (19)	幫 (1)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	魚 (22)	麻 (98)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III	II	III
Fanqie	先稽切	創舉切	必駕切	雨方切
Baxter	sej	tsrhjoX	paeH	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/t͡ʃʰɨʌX/	/pˠaH/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔX/	/pᵚaH/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/t͡ʃʰiɔX/	/paH/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆X/	/paɨH/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/sei/	/t͡ʃʰiɔX/	/paH/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/siei/	/t͡ʃʰĭoX/	/paH/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/siei/	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯woX/	/paH/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	chǔ	bà	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai1	co2	baa3	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nˤər  [s.r̥]aʔ  pˤrak-s  ɢʷaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl  sŋ̊ʰraʔ  praːɡs  ɢʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	西	楚	霸	王
Reading #	1/1	1/3	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	chǔ	bà	wáng
Middle Chinese	‹ sej ›	‹ tsrhjoX ›	‹ pæH ›	‹ hjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nˁər/	/*[s.r̥]aʔ/	/*pˁrak-s/	/*ɢʷaŋ/
English	west	arrange in order	have hegemony	king
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	西	楚	霸	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1	1/2
No.	13236	11781	181	12742
Phonetic component	西	疋	霸	王
Rime group	微	魚	暮	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	西	楚	霸	王
Old Chinese	/*sɯːl/	/*sŋ̊ʰraʔ/	/*praːɡs/	/*ɢʷaŋ/

Proper noun

西楚霸王

1. Hegemon-King of Western Chu (Xiang Yu's self-proclaimed title)

   西楚霸王戰敗，自刎於烏江，但世人還是稱他為蓋世英雄。 [MSC, trad.]
   西楚霸王战败，自刎于乌江，但世人还是称他为盖世英雄。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīchǔbàwáng zhànbài, zìwěn yú wūjiāng, dàn shìrén háishì chēng tā wèi gài shì yīngxióng. [Pinyin]

   Xiang Yu was defeated in battle and killed himself on the Wu River, but everyone still calls him a hero of the world.

Synonyms

• 霸王 (Bàwáng)