儂影

Chinese

		(Shanghai dial.) you	picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow
trad. (儂影)		儂	影
simp. (侬影)		侬	影
alternative forms		人影

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nang² ng³ / nang² iaⁿ³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâng-iáⁿ

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² ng³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ ng³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹³⁻²¹ ŋ̍⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² ng³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ ng³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹³⁻²¹ ŋ̍³³²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² iaⁿ³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ ngia³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋia³³²/

Note:

• Putian:
  • nang2 ng3 - “shadow of a person (under the sun, moon or light), trace of a person”.
• Xianyou:
  • nang2 ng3 - “shadow of a person (under the sun, moon or light)”;
  • nang2 iaⁿ3 - “one's reflection in water or a mirror, trace of a person”.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-iáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lâng-iánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lang'viar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² iã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² iã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² iã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ iã⁴¹/

Noun

儂影

1. (Min) shadow or figure of a person
2. (Min, figurative) trace of a person

Synonyms

• (shadow):
  • 人影 (rényǐng)
• (trace):

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• 人影 (rényǐng) (of a person)
• 印痕 (yìnhén)
• 形跡／形迹 (xíngjì)
• 斑痕 (bānhén)
• 殘跡／残迹 (cánjì)
• 烙印 (làoyìn)
• 痕跡／痕迹 (hénjì)
• 蹤影／踪影 (zōngyǐng)
• 蹤跡／踪迹 (zōngjì)
• 身影 (shēnyǐng) (figurative)
• 點子／点子 (diǎnzi)

 

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), “侬影”, 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 395.