南洋

Chinese
south ocean; foreign
simp. and trad.
(南洋)		 南 洋

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lam5 iên5 - Chaozhou;
  • nam5 ion5 - Jieyang.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 6noe-yan
        • MiniDict: noe去 yan
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3noe-hhian
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nø²² ɦiã⁴⁴/

Proper noun

南洋

  1. (dated) Malay Archipelago; (in general) Southeast Asia, Nanyang
    下南洋  ―  xià Nányáng  ―  to migrate to Southeast Asia (during late Qing and the Republic of China era)
  2. (historical, Qing to early ROC) southern “coastal” region of China, inclusive of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong
  3. (historical) irrigation plain south of the Mulan River in Fujian

Synonyms
  • (Southeast Asia): (Hokkien) 番爿

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • 南洋人
  • 南洋大臣
  • 南洋杉
  • 南洋海軍／南洋海军
  • 南洋群島／南洋群岛
  • 南洋航線／南洋航线
  • 南洋通商大臣

Descendants
  • → English: Nanyang

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
南 洋
なん
Grade: 2		 よう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) なんよー [nàń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Proper noun

南(なん)洋(よう) • (Nan'yō) ←なんやう (nan'yau)?

  1. (especially pre-WWII) South Seas; Southeast Asia

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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