南天竺

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Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 2/3
Initial () (8) (6) (9)
Final () (159) (85) (4)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I IV III
Fanqie
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

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

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南天竺

  1. nandina; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica)

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

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南天竺

  1. (chiefly literary) South India
Synonyms
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