南方

Chinese

south
 
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad.
(南方)
南 方

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 南 方
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 泥 (8) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 覃 (159) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 那含切 府良切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nʌm/ /pʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/nəm/ /pʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɒm/ /piuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nəm/ /puaŋ/
Li
Rong
/nᴀm/ /piuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/nɒm/ /pĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/năm/ /piwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nán fāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
naam4 fong1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 南 方
Reading # 1/1 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nán fāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ nom › ‹ pjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁ[ə]m/ /*C-paŋ/
English south square

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 南 方
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 9355 3023
Phonetic
component
南 方
Rime
group
侵 陽
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
南 方
Old
Chinese
/*nuːm/ /*paŋ/
Notes 甲金文象槳即榜初文,
下初爲單筆,猶旂左初亦作單杆

Noun

南方

  1. south
  2. southern part (of a country)
  3. (specifically) southern China (usually referring to the area to the south of the Yellow River)
    中國南方喀斯特/中国南方喀斯特  ―  Zhōngguó nánfāng kāsītè  ―  The South China Karst
    他是南方人,所以一張口說話就帶有南方口音。 [MSC, trad.]
    他是南方人,所以一张口说话就带有南方口音。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā shì nánfāngrén, suǒyǐ yī zhāngkǒu shuōhuà jiù dàiyǒu nánfāng kǒuyīn. [Pinyin]
    He is from the South, so when he opens his mouth to speak, you can hear his Southern accent.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (南方):
  • → Japanese: 南方(なんぽう) (nanpō)
  • → Korean: 남방(南方) (nambang)
  • → Vietnamese: nam phương (南方)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南 方
なん
Grade: 2
ほう > ぽう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

南(なん)方(ぽう) • (nanpō) 

  1. south, southern area

Korean

Hanja in this term
南方

Noun

南方 • (nambang) (hangeul 남방)

  1. Hanja form? of 남방 (“south, southern area”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
南方

Noun

南方

  1. chữ Hán form of nam phương (“south, southern area”).
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