南天竺

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nántiānzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nántiānzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nántianjhú
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-tʻien¹-chu²
    • Yale: nán-tyān-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nantianjwu
    • Palladius: наньтяньчжу (nanʹtjanʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nom then trjuwk

Rime
Character	南	天	竺
Reading #	1/1	1/1	2/3
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	透 (6)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	先 (85)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV	III
Fanqie	那含切	他前切	張六切
Baxter	nom	then	trjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nʌm/	/tʰen/	/ʈɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/nəm/	/tʰen/	/ʈiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/nɒm/	/tʰɛn/	/ȶiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nəm/	/tʰɛn/	/ʈuwk̚/
Li Rong	/nᴀm/	/tʰen/	/ȶiuk̚/
Wang Li	/nɒm/	/tʰien/	/ȶĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/năm/	/tʰien/	/ȶi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nán	tiān	zhu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naam4	tin1	zuk1

Etymology 1

		the southern skies; the southern areas; Lingnan	bamboo
trad. (南天竺)		南天	竺
simp. #(南天竺)		南天	竺
alternative forms		南天竹

Noun

南天竺

1. nandina; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica)

Etymology 2

		south	India; Tianzhu Area
trad. (南天竺)		南	天竺
simp. #(南天竺)		南	天竺

Proper noun

南天竺

1. (chiefly literary) South India

Synonyms

• 南印度