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Chinese
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south
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wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner |
| trad. (南風)
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南
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風
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| simp. (南风)
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南
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风
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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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風
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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nán
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fēng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nom ›
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‹ pjuwng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*nˁm/
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/*prəm/
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| English
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south
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wind (n.)
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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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風
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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9355
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2921
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Phonetic
component
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南
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凡
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Rime
group
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侵
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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南
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風
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Old
Chinese
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/*nuːm/
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/*plum/
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Noun
南風
- southerly; south wind (a persistent wind from the south)
- music from the South
- (archaic) male homosexuality
- (mahjong) South Wind
Derived terms
Proper noun
南風
- Nanfeng (a song supposedly written by Emperor Shun)
Japanese
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese compound 南風 (MC nom pjuwng).
Pronunciation
Noun
南風 • (nanpū)
- south wind, southerly
- Synonyms: 凱風 (gaifū), 南 (minami)
- Antonym: 北風 (hokufū)
- wind blowing in summer
Idioms
Proper noun
南風 • (Nanpū)
- a female given name
Etymology 2
Compound of 南 (minami, “south”) + 風 (kaze, “wind”).
Pronunciation
Noun
南風 • (minamikaze)
- south wind, southerly
- Synonym: 南 (minami)
- Antonym: 北風 (kitakaze)
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 南風 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 南風, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References