南北朝

Chinese

		north and south; distance from north to south; latitude span	morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)
trad. (南北朝)		南北	朝
simp. #(南北朝)		南北	朝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nán-Běi Cháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ bak¹ ciu⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Nàm-pet-chêu
• Eastern Min (BUC): Nàng-báe̤k-dièu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-pak-tiâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nán-Běi Cháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nánběi Cháo
    • Wade–Giles: Nan²-pei³ Chʻao²
    • Yale: Nán-běi Cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanbeei Chaur
    • Palladius: Наньбэй Чао (Nanʹbɛj Čao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ bak¹ ciu⁴
    • Yale: nàahm bāk chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ bak⁷ tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ beg¹ qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nàm-pet-chêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: nam^ˇ bed^ˋ zeu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² bed⁵ zeu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ pet̚² t͡seu̯²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Nàng-báe̤k-dièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)møyʔ²⁴⁻²¹ tieu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-pak-tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: Lâm-pak-tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lampakdiaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁵ tiau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiau²³/

Proper noun

南北朝

1. the Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589 in Chinese history)
2. the Nanboku-chō period (1336-1392 in Japanese history)
3. the Southern and Northern dynasties (1533 to 1592 in Vietnamese history)

Derived terms

• 魏晉南北朝 / 魏晋南北朝 (Wèi-Jìn Nán-Běi Cháo)

 

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國 / 战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢 / 西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉
		Wu 吳 / 吴
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	北	朝
なん Grade: 2	ほく > ぼく Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Chinese 南北朝 (Nán-Běi Cháo)

Proper noun

南(なん)北(ぼく)朝(ちょう) • (Nanbokuchō) 

1. (history, of China) the Northern and Southern dynasties

   南(なん)北(ぼく)朝(ちょう)時(じ)代(だい)

   Nanbokuchō jidai

   the Northern and Southern dynasties period

2. (history, of Japan) the Northern and Southern Courts

   南(なん)北(ぼく)朝(ちょう)時(じ)代(だい)

   Nanbokuchō jidai

   the Northern and Southern Courts period

3. (history, of Vietnam) the Southern and Northern dynasties

   南(なん)北(ぼく)朝(ちょう)時(じ)代(だい)

   Nanbokuchō jidai

   the Southern and Northern dynasties period

See also

• 南(なん)北(ぼく) (nanboku)
• 南(なん)朝(ちょう) (Nanchō)
• 北(ほく)朝(ちょう) (Hokuchō)