湘南
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Chinese
| name of a river; Hunan province (abbrev.) | south | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (湘南) |
湘 | 南 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Siangnán
- Wade–Giles: Hsiang1-nan2
- Yale: Syāng-nán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiangnan
- Palladius: Сяннань (Sjannanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
湘南
Japanese
Etymology
相模国 (Sagami no kuni, “Sagami Province, shortened to 相”) + 南 (nan, “southern part”). The use of 湘 instead of 相 is influenced by the name of Chinese river. [1]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 湘 | 南 |
| しょう Jinmeiyō |
なん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Proper noun
- Shōnan, a region along the coast of Sagami Bay
References
- ^ “湘南”, in デジタル大辞泉 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months