南蠻
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See also: 南蛮
Chinese
| south | barbarian; bullying; very barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (南蠻) | 南 | 蠻 | |
| simp. (南蛮) | 南 | 蛮 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naam4 maan4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): nam1 man3*
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-bân
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Nánmán
- Wade–Giles: Nan2-man2
- Yale: Nán-mán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanman
- Palladius: Наньмань (Nanʹmanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nän³⁵ män³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: naam4 maan4
- Yale: nàahm màahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: naam4 maan4
- Guangdong Romanization: nam4 man4
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːm²¹ maːn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: nam1 man3*
- Sinological IPA (key): /ⁿdam³³ ᵐban²²⁻²²⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: nom maen
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤm mˤro/
- (Zhengzhang): /*nuːm mroːn/
Proper noun
南蠻
- (derogatory, chiefly historical) the "Southern Barbarians", a catch-all term for the Yue and other peoples living south of the Chinese cultural sphere (chiefly) in Antiquity