中南

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	south
simp. and trad. (中南)		中	南
anagram		南中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ naam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiong-lâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongnán
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-nan²
    • Yale: Jūng-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongnan
    • Palladius: Чжуннань (Čžunnanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ naam⁴
    • Yale: jūng nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ naːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: Tiong-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dionglaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²³/

Proper noun

中南

1. (～地區) South Central China (a region of China; consisting of Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan, and sometimes Hong Kong and Macau)
2. (～大行政區, ～區) (historical) South Central China (a former greater administrative region of China from 1949 to 1954, consisting of Wuhan, Guangzhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi)
3. (～半島) Indochina
4. (～里) An urban village in Nangang district, Taipei, Taiwan

Derived terms

• 中南半島／中南半岛 (Zhōngnán Bàndǎo)
• 中南地區／中南地区 (Zhōngnán Dìqū)
• 中南路 (Zhōngnánlù)