南京

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Chinese

south capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(南京) 		南 京
Literally: “southern capital”.
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 南 京
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 泥 (8) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 覃 (159) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 那含切 舉卿切
Baxter nom kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/nʌm/ /kˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/nəm/ /kᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɒm/ /kiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/nəm/ /kiajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/nᴀm/ /kiɐŋ/
Wang
Li 		/nɒm/ /kĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/năm/ /ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nán jīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		naam4 ging1

Proper noun

南京

  1. (～市) Nanjing (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China)

Synonyms

  • (chiefly literary or poetic) 金陵 (Jīnlíng)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (南京):

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
南 京
なん
Grade: 2 		きん
Grade: 2
tōon

Borrowed from English Nanking, from the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 南京 (Nánjīng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.[1]

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Proper noun

南(なん)京(きん) or 南京(ナンキン) • (Nankin) 

  1. Nanjing (a major city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China)
    Synonym: 金陵 (Kinryō)
Derived terms
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Noun

南(なん)京(きん) • (nankin) 

  1. pumpkin, squash
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
南 京
なん
Grade: 2 		きょう
Grade: 2
goon

Compound of 南(なん) (nan, “south”) + 京(きょう) (kyō, “capital city”).

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Noun

南(なん)京(きょう) • (nankyō) ←なんきやう (nankyau)?

  1. a southern capital (formerly used to refer to the city of Nara)

References

  1. ^ Kaske, Elisabeth (2008) The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919‎, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →ISBN, page 52
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
南京

Proper noun

南京 • (Namgyeong) (hangeul 남경)

  1. hanja form? of 남경 (“alternative name of Nanjing”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
南京

Proper noun

南京

  1. chữ Hán form of Nam Kinh (“Nanjing”).
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