回南

Chinese

		to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	south
simp. and trad. (回南)		回	南

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ naam⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hê-lâm / hêr-lâm / hôe-lâm

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ naam⁴
  - Yale: wùih nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ nam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ naːm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-lâm
  - Tâi-lô: hê-lâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: helaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /he²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêr-lâm
  - Tâi-lô: hêr-lâm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hə²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-lâm
  - Tâi-lô: huê-lâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoelaam
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² lam¹³/

Verb

回南

(Southern Min) to blow from the south (of wind, indicating a change of cold to hot weather)

Synonyms

回南風／回南风

Noun

回南

(Cantonese, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) warm and humid weather (in the rainy season in southern China)

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 水南天, 南風天／南风天, 回南天

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