南緯

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See also: 南纬

Chinese

		south	latitude
trad. (南緯)		南	緯
simp. (南纬)		南	纬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ wai⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-ūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánwěi
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-wei³
  - Yale: nán-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanwoei
  - Palladius: наньвэй (nanʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ wai⁵
  - Yale: nàahm wáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ wai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ wei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ wɐi̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: lâm-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lam'ui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² ui²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² ui²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ ui³³/

Noun

南緯

(geography) south latitude

Antonyms

北緯／北纬 (běiwěi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	緯
なん Grade: 2	い Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From 南 (ナン, nan) (みなみ, minami): (south) + 緯 (イ, i): (latitude)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なんい (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

南(なん)緯(い) • (nan'i)

(geography) south latitude

See also

緯度(いど) (ido): latitude
北緯(ほくい) (hokui): north latitude

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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