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Chinese
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south
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under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter |
simp. and trad.
(南下)
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南
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下
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| anagram
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下南
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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南
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下
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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nán
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xià
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nom ›
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‹ hæH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*nˁm/
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/*m-ɡˁraʔ-s/
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| English
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south
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descend
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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南
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下
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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| No.
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9355
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13446
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Phonetic
component
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南
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下
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Rime
group
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侵
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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南
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暇
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Old
Chinese
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/*nuːm/
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/*ɡraːs/
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Verb
南下
- to go south
- to travel from Mainland China to Hong Kong or Macau
Synonyms
Antonyms
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
南下 • (nanka)
- going south
Verb
南下する • (nanka suru) suru (stem 南下し (nanka shi), past 南下した (nanka shita))
- to go south
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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南下し
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なんかし
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nanka shi
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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南下し
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なんかし
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nanka shi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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南下する
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なんかする
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nanka suru
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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南下する
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なんかする
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nanka suru
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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南下すれ
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なんかすれ
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nanka sure
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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南下せよ¹
南下しろ²
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なんかせよ¹
なんかしろ²
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nanka seyo¹
nanka shiro²
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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南下される
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なんかされる
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nanka sareru
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| Causative
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南下させる
南下さす
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なんかさせる
なんかさす
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nanka saseru
nanka sasu
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| Potential
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南下できる
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なんかできる
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nanka dekiru
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| Volitional
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南下しよう
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なんかしよう
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nanka shiyō
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| Negative
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南下しない
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なんかしない
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nanka shinai
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| Negative continuative
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南下せず
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なんかせず
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nanka sezu
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| Formal
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南下します
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なんかします
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nanka shimasu
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| Perfective
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南下した
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なんかした
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nanka shita
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| Conjunctive
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南下して
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なんかして
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nanka shite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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南下すれば
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なんかすれば
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nanka sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References