南朝

Chinese

		south	morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; (abbr.) Korea, esp. N. Korea
simp. and trad. (南朝)		南	朝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Náncháo

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ ciu⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Lâm-tiâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Náncháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Náncháo
  - Wade–Giles: Nan²-chʻao²
  - Yale: Nán-cháu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanchaur
  - Palladius: Наньчао (Nanʹčao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ ciu⁴
  - Yale: nàahm chìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ tsiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ qiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-tiâu
  - Tâi-lô: Lâm-tiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lamdiaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² tiau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/

Proper noun

南朝

the Southern dynasties (420–589)

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	朝
なん Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Chinese 南朝 (Náncháo)

Proper noun

南(なん)朝(ちょう) • (Nanchō)

(history, collective, of China) the Southern dynasties
(history, of Japan) the Southern Court

南朝

Chinese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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Japanese

Etymology

Proper noun

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