Xiamen, English pronunciation /ˈʃjɑːmən/ or SHYAH-muhn (厦门) (Amoy, Eng., pronunciation /ˈeɪmɔɪ/ or EH-moy; Archaic) is a coastal sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It looks out to the Taiwan Strait an borders Quanzhou to the north and Zhangzhou to the south.