息男

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Chinese

		rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath	male
simp. and trad. (息男)		息	男

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnán, xínán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄋㄢˊ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ naam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinán
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-nan²
  - Yale: syī-nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinan
  - Palladius: синань (sinanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    息男
    西南
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xínán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sínán
  - Wade–Giles: hsi²-nan²
  - Yale: syí-nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyinan
  - Palladius: синань (sinanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ nän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ naam⁴
  - Yale: sīk nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ nam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ naːm²¹/

Noun

息男

(literary) one's (biological) son

See also

息女 (xīnǚ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
息	男
そく Grade: 3	なん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そくなん (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

息(そく)男(なん) • (sokunan)

(honorific) son

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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