南洋

Chinese

		south	ocean; foreign
simp. and trad. (南洋)		南	洋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nányáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naam⁴ joeng^4-2 / naam⁴ joeng⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nam³ yiang^3*

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Nàm-yòng

  (Hailu, HRS): nam rhong

• Northern Min (KCR): Nâng-iô̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Nàng-*iòng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nang² ieo² / nang² iuⁿ²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-iûⁿ / Lâm-iôⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ iên⁵ / nam⁵ ion⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶noe-yan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nányáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nányáng
    • Wade–Giles: Nan²-yang²
    • Yale: Nán-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanyang
    • Palladius: Наньян (Nanʹjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ joeng^4-2 / naam⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: nàahm yéung / nàahm yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ joeng^4-2 / naam⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ yêng^4-2 / nam⁴ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ jœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /naːm²¹ jœːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 南洋 南陽 / 南阳

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nam³ yiang^3*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdam²² jiaŋ²²⁻²²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nàm-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: nam^ˇ iong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nàm-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: nam^ˇ (r)iong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: nam rhong
    • Sinological IPA: /nam⁵⁵ ʒoŋ⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Nâng-iô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ³³ iɔŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Nàng-*iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡaŋ⁵³⁻³³ yoŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² ieo² [Phonetic: nang⁵ ngieo²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋieu¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² iuⁿ² [Phonetic: nang⁵ ngiu²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋiu¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Lâm-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lam'viuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ iũ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-iôⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Lâm-iônn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lam'viooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² iɔ̃¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lam⁵ iên⁵ / nam⁵ ion⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm iêⁿ / nâm iôⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩẽ⁵⁵/, /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩõ⁵⁵/

Note:

• lam5 iên5 - Chaozhou;
• nam5 ion5 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶noe-yan
    • MiniDict: noe^去 yan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³noe-hhian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nø²² ɦiã⁴⁴/

Proper noun

南洋

1. (dated) Malay Archipelago; (in general) Southeast Asia, Nanyang

   下南洋  ―  xià Nányáng  ―  to migrate to Southeast Asia (during late Qing and the Republic of China era)

2. (historical, Qing to early ROC) southern “coastal” region of China, inclusive of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong
3. (historical) irrigation plain south of the Mulan River in Fujian

Synonyms

• (Southeast Asia):

Dialectal synonyms of 東南亞 (“Southeast Asia; Nanyang”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		東南亞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	東南亞, 南洋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	南洋
	Hong Kong	東南亞, 南洋
	Taishan	南洋
Hakka	Meixian	番片
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	南洋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	南洋
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	南洋
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	南洋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	南洋
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	南洋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	南洋
Southern Min	Xiamen	番爿, 番邦
	Quanzhou	番爿, 番邦
	Zhangzhou	番爿, 番邦
	Jieyang	番爿
Puxian Min	Putian	南洋, 番厄
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	番, 南洋
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	南洋
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	南洋, 番厄
	Xianyou	南洋, 番平
	Xianyou (Fengting)	南洋, 番平
	Xianyou (Youyang)	南洋, 番平

Coordinate terms

• 北洋 (Běiyáng)

Derived terms

• 南洋人
• 南洋大臣
• 南洋杉
• 南洋海軍 / 南洋海军
• 南洋群島 / 南洋群岛 (Nányáng Qúndǎo)
• 南洋航線 / 南洋航线
• 南洋通商大臣

Descendants

• → English: Nanyang

See also

• 南陽／南阳 (Nányáng)
• 東南亞／东南亚 (Dōngnányà)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	洋
なん Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なんよー [nàń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [nã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Proper noun

南(なん)洋(よう) • (Nan'yō) ^{←なんやう (Nan'yau)?}

1. (especially pre-WWII) South Seas; Southeast Asia

See also

• 南進論(なんしんろん) (nanshinron)