南北

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Chinese

		south	north
trad. (南北)		南	北
simp. ^#(南北)		南	北

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánběi

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ bak¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàm-pet
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lâm-pak

(Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ bag⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶noe-poq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánběi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánběi
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-pei³
  - Yale: nán-běi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanbeei
  - Palladius: наньбэй (nanʹbɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ bak¹
  - Yale: nàahm bāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ bak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ beg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-pet
  - Hakka Romanization System: namˇ bed`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nam² bed⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ pet̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-pak
  - Tâi-lô: lâm-pak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lampag
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² pak̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ pak̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lam⁵ bag⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm pak
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pak̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶noe-poq
  - MiniDict: noe^去 poh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³noe-poq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nø²² poʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

南北

north and south
戰南北／战南北 ― zhàn nánběi ― (Taiwan) to debate between customs in the north and the south

南北韓／南北韩 ― Nánběihán ― North and South Korea
distance from north to south; latitude span

Derived terms

See also

東西／东西 (dōngxī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	北
なん Grade: 2	ほく > ぼく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 南北 (literally “south and north”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なんぼく (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

南(なん)北(ぼく) • (nanboku)

north and south

See also

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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