下南兄

Chinese

		southern Fujian province; Minnan region	elder brother
simp. and trad. (下南兄)		下南	兄

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): or⁵ nang² hia¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: or⁵ nang² hia¹ [Phonetic: or⁵ nang⁵ mia¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ō̤-náng-hiaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒ²¹ naŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(h-)mia⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: or⁵ nang² hia¹ [Phonetic: or⁵ nang⁵ mia¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒ²¹ naŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(h-)mia⁵³³/

Noun

下南兄

1. Minnan people; a person from southern Fujian (especially male)

   下南兄看走馬燈 [Puxian Min, trad.]
   下南兄看走马灯 [Puxian Min, simp.]

   or⁵ nang² hia¹ kua⁴ zau³ bor³ deng¹ [Pouseng Ping'ing]

   outsiders find local things fresh
   (Literally, “Minnan people watch the revolving lantern”)

Coordinate terms

• 下南婆

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), “下南兄”, 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 422.