嶺南

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See also: 南嶺 and 岭南

Chinese

		mountain range	south
trad. (嶺南)		嶺	南
simp. (岭南)		岭	南
anagram		南嶺／南岭

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嶺南 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Lingnan (English)

Etymology

"South of the mountain range":

Lingnan is south of the Nanling mountain range.
Yeongnam is south of Mount Joryeong and the Mungyeong Saejae.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lǐngnán

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁵ naam⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Léng-lâm

(Teochew, Peng'im): nian² nam⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lǐngnán
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lǐngnán
  - Wade–Giles: Ling³-nan²
  - Yale: Lǐng-nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liingnan
  - Palladius: Линнань (Linnanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁵ naam⁴
  - Yale: líhng nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁵ naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁵ nam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ¹³ naːm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Léng-lâm
  - Tâi-lô: Líng-lâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lefnglaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lam²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nian² nam⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: niáⁿ nâm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ nam⁵⁵/

Proper noun

嶺南

Lingnan (a geographic region of China south of the Nanling Mountains, covering the modern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan as well as modern northern Vietnam)
Synonyms: 嶠南 / 峤南 (Qiáonán), 嶺外 / 岭外 (Lǐngwài), 嶺表 / 岭表 (Lǐngbiǎo)
Yeongnam (a geographic region equivalent to modern southeastern South Korea, synonymous with Gyeongsang Province, one of the traditional Eight Provinces of Korea)
Synonym: 嶠南 / 峤南 (Qiáonán)

Korean

Hanja in this term
嶺	南

Proper noun

嶺南 • (Yeongnam) (hangeul 영남)

hanja form^? of 영남 : Yeongnam (a geographic region equivalent to modern southeastern South Korea, synonymous with Gyeongsang Province, one of the traditional Eight Provinces of Korea)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
嶺	南

Proper noun

嶺南

chữ Hán form of Lĩnh Nam (“Lingnan”)

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