奄美

奄美

Chinese

		suddenly; to embrace; castrate suddenly; to embrace; castrate; to delay	beautiful; beauty; America
simp. and trad. (奄美)		奄	美

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 奄美 (Amami).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǎnměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Yǎnměi [Phonetic: yánměi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeanmeei
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

奄美

1. (～市) Amami (a city in Kagoshima, Japan)