南京

南京

Chinese

		south	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (南京)		南	京
Literally: “southern capital”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nánjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ ging¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Nàm-kîn
• Min Dong (BUC): Nàng-gĭng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-kiaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ gian¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): noe jin (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Nánjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanjing
    • IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ ging¹
    • Yale: nàahm gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ ging¹
    • IPA ^(key): /näːm²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nàm-kîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: namˇ gin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² gin¹
    • IPA: /nam¹¹ kin²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Nàng-gĭng
    • IPA ^(key): /nˡaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋiŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-kiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Lâm-kiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamkviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² kiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² kiã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² kiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ kiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ kiã⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lam⁵ gian¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm kiaⁿ
    • IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: noe jin (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /nø²² t͡ɕɪɲ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

南京

1. (～市) Nanjing (the capital city of Jiangsu, China)

Synonyms

• 金陵 (Jīnlíng)

Derived terms

南京大屠殺／南京大屠杀 (Nánjīng Dàtúshā)

南京條約／南京条约

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
南	京
なん Grade: 2	きん Grade: 2
tōon

From dialectal Chinese 南京

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [nã̠ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Proper noun

南京 (hiragana なんきん, katakana ナンキン, rōmaji Nankin)

1. Nanjing

   Synonym: 金陵 (Kinryō)

See also

• 南 (なん)京 (きん)錠 (じょう) (Nankinjō, “padlock”)
• 北 (ペ)京 (キン) (Pekin)
• トンキン (Tonkin)
• 東 (とう)京 (きょう) (Tōkyō)

Noun

南京 (hiragana なんきん, rōmaji nankin)

1. pumpkin, squash

Synonyms

• (pumpkin, squash): 南瓜 (かぼちゃ) (kabocha), 唐 (とう)茄 (な)子 (す) (tōnasu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
南	京
なん Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) なんきょー [nàńkyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [nã̠ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

南京 (hiragana なんきょう, rōmaji nankyō, historical hiragana なんきやう)

1. a southern capital

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN