下南

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	south
simp. and trad. (下南)		下	南
anagram		南下

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): â-nàng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): or⁵ nang²

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: â-nàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡaŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: or⁵ nang²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Ō̤-náng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒ²¹ naŋ¹³/

Proper noun

下南

1. (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) southern Fujian province; Minnan region

Synonyms

• 閩南／闽南 (Mǐnnán)

Derived terms

• 下南兄
• 下南婆
• 下南粿
• 下南鬼

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “下南”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 421.