七閩

Chinese

		seven	Fujian Province (abbrev.); Min
trad. (七閩)		七	閩
simp. (七闽)		七	闽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qīmǐn, Qīmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄇㄧㄣˇ, ㄑㄧ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qīmǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄇㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cimǐn
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻi¹-min³
    • Yale: Chī-mǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chimiin
    • Palladius: Циминь (Ciminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ min²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qīmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cimín
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻi¹-min²
    • Yale: Chī-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chimin
    • Palladius: Циминь (Ciminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ min³⁵/

Proper noun

七閩

1. (historical) ancient Min people

   • 辨其邦國、都、鄙、四夷、八蠻、七閩、九貉、五戎、六狄之人民。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     辨其邦国、都、鄙、四夷、八蛮、七闽、九貉、五戎、六狄之人民。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Biàn qí bāngguó, dōu, bǐ, sìyí, bāmán, qīmǐn, jiǔhé, wǔróng, liùdí zhī rénmín. [Pinyin]

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2. (literary, metonymically) Fujian

   • 時有陳有定據守福建，七閩頗安。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     时有陈有定据守福建，七闽颇安。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1378, 瞿佑 (editor), 剪燈新話

     Shí yǒu Chén Yǒudìng jùshǒu Fújiàn, Qīmǐn pō ān. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• (Fujian): 福建 (Fújiàn), 八閩／八闽 (Bāmǐn)