Sha'anxi

See also: Shaanxi

English

Proper noun

Sha'anxi

1. Misspelling of Shaanxi.
   • 2013 January 28, Andrew Erickson, Gabe Collins, “The Y-20: China Aviation Milestone Means New Power Projection”, in Wall Street Journal‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 April 2021:

     Escorted by a J-15 fighter and numbered "20001," China's domestically-produced Y-20 transport aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight on Jan. 26 at the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)'s China Flight Test Establishment in Sha'anxi^{[sic – meaning Shaanxi]} province, remaining airborne for an hour , according to state-run media reports.

   • 2020 October 24, Shen Hua, Mario Ritter Jr., “Chinese Government Strengthens Controls Over Religion”, in Susan Shand, editor, Voice of America Learning English‎^[2], archived from the original on 01 November 2020:

     Wang is a Catholic from China’s central Sha’anxi^{[sic – meaning Shaanxi]} Province. He said the Pope’s action was a great “betrayal.”

   • 2021 July 1, Eric Baculinao, Petra Cahill, “Xi Jinping says China won't be bullied on 100th anniversary of Communist Party”, in NBC News‎^[3], archived from the original on 01 July 2021:

     Millions have flocked to places like Yan’an, the city in northern Sha’anxi^{[sic – meaning Shaanxi]} province considered to be the birthplace of the revolution.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sha'anxi.

Usage notes

In the Hanyu Pinyin romanization system for Mandarin Chinese, the syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)) should usually be added before a non-initial syllable beginning with a, o, or e. In the unique context of the word Shaanxi, the first syllable is shaan (spelled with two a's to distinguish the two Chinese provinces Shaanxi and Shanxi) and hence there should be no syllable-dividing mark.

Further reading

• Sha'anxi at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.