南昌
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Chinese
| south(ern) | prosperity abundance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (南昌) |
南 | 昌 | |
Etymology
Attested in the Book of Han as the name of a county and the seat of Yuzhang Commandery (豫章郡, a commandery in present-day Jiangxi) since no later than 2 CE.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): naam4 coeng1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): Nàng-chuŏng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-chhiong / Lâm-chhiang
- (Teochew, Peng'im): nam5 ciang1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6noe-tshaon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Nánchang
- Wade–Giles: Nan2-chʻang1
- Yale: Nán-chāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanchang
- Palladius: Наньчан (Nanʹčan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: naam4 coeng1
- Yale: nàahm chēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: naam4 tsoeng1
- Guangdong Romanization: nam4 cêng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːm²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
南昌
男娼
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nàm-chhông
- Hakka Romanization System: namˇ cong´
- Hagfa Pinyim: nam2 cong1
- Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Nàng-chuŏng
- Sinological IPA (key): /nˡaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ (t͡sʰ-)ʒuoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-chhiong
- Tâi-lô: Lâm-tshiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: lamchiofng
- IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-chhiang
- Tâi-lô: Lâm-tshiang
- Phofsit Daibuun: lamchiafng
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: nam5 ciang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâm tshiang
- Sinological IPA (key): /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: nom tsyhang
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*nuːm tʰjaŋ/
Proper noun
南昌
- (～市) Nanchang (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Jiangxi, China)
- (～縣) Nanchang (a county of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China)
- (～村) Nanchang (a village in Wanquan, Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
Synonyms
- (city): 豫章 (Yùzhāng) (archaic)