南沙

南沙

Chinese

		south	sands; shoal
simp. and trad. (南沙)		南	沙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nánshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Nánshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nansha
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nánsha
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ saa¹
    • Yale: nàahm sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /näːm²¹ säː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

南沙

1. Short for 南沙群島／南沙群岛 (Nánshā Qúndǎo, “Spratly Islands”).
2. (～區) Nansha (a district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
3. (～街道) Nansha (a subdistrict of Nansha, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
4. (～鎮) Nansha (a town in Yuanyang, Honghe, Yunnan, China)