西廠

Chinese

		west	factory; yard; depot factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
trad. (西廠)		西	廠
simp. (西厂)		西	厂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīchǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄔㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ cong²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīchǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄔㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sichǎng
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-chʻang³
  - Yale: Syī-chǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shichaang
  - Palladius: Сичан (Sičan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ cong²
  - Yale: sāi chóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ tsong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ cong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

西廠

(historical) Western Depot (a Ming dynasty spy and secret police agency run by eunuchs)
Coordinate terms: 錦衣衛 / 锦衣卫 (Jǐnyīwèi), 東廠 / 东厂 (Dōngchǎng), 內行廠 / 内行厂, 廠衛 / 厂卫 (chǎngwèi)