南洋

南洋

Chinese

		south	ocean; foreign
simp. and trad. (南洋)		南	洋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nányáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): naam⁴ joeng^4-2, naam⁴ joeng⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nam³ yiang^3*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Nàm-yòng
• Min Bei (KCR): Nâng-iô̤ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-iûⁿ / Lâm-iôⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ iên⁵ / nam⁵ ion⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): noe hhian (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nányáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nányáng
    • Wade–Giles: Nan²-yang²
    • Yale: Nán-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanyang
    • Palladius: Наньян (Nanʹjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ joeng^4-2, naam⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: nàahm yéung, nàahm yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ joeng^4-2, naam⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ yêng^4-2, nam⁴ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ jœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /naːm²¹ jœːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 南洋 南陽／南阳

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nam³ yiang^3*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdam²² jiaŋ²²⁻²²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nàm-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: namˇ iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nàm-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: namˇ (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Nâng-iô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ³³ iɔŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Lâm-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lam'viuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ iũ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-iôⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Lâm-iônn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lam'viooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² iɔ̃¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lam⁵ iên⁵ / nam⁵ ion⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm iêⁿ / nâm iôⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩẽ⁵⁵/, /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩõ⁵⁵/

Note:

• lam5 iên5 - Chaozhou;
• nam5 ion5 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: noe hhian (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nø²² ɦiã⁴⁴/

Proper noun

南洋

1. (dated) Malay Archipelago; (in general) Southeast Asia, Nanyang

   下南洋  ―  xià Nányáng  ―  to migrate to Southeast Asia (during late Qing and the Republic of China era)

2. (historical, Qing to early ROC) southern “coastal” region of China, inclusive of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangzhou
3. (historical) irrigation plain south of the Mulan River in Fujian

Synonyms

• (Southeast Asia): (Hokkien) 番爿

Coordinate terms

• 北洋 (běiyáng)

Derived terms

南洋人 南洋大臣 南洋杉 南洋通商大臣

南洋海軍／南洋海军 南洋群島／南洋群岛 南洋航線／南洋航线

Descendants

• → English: Nanyang

See also

• 南陽／南阳 (Nányáng)
• 東南亞／东南亚 (Dōngnányà)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	洋
なん Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なんよー [nàń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [nã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Proper noun

南(なん)洋(よう) • (Nan'yō) ^{←なんやう (nan'yau)?}

1. (especially pre-WWII) South Seas; Southeast Asia

See also

• 南進論(なんしんろん) (nanshinron)

References

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