出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/10/15 14:24 UTC 版)
c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 山西 (Shānxī, “[Land] West of the [Taihang] Mountains”), in reference to the location of the province's central Fen River valley.
Shanxi
Shanxi
Because of homography with Shanxi (山西 (Shānxī)), another province of China, this spelling is not the official spelling.
The official English-language names for the two provinces are:
(1) Shanxi Province (山西 (Shānxī)) with only one 'a' (capital: Taiyuan) and
(2) Shaanxi Province (陝西/陕西 (Shǎnxī)) with two a's (capital: Xi'an).
The Chinese characters used in the names of the two provinces are different (the character 山 (shān) in Shanxi versus the character 陝/陕 (shǎn) in Shaanxi). It is alternatively sometimes written with the diacritical marks, in which case the names of the two provinces are distinguishable.