南管

Chinese

		south	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe
trad. (南管)		南	管
simp. #(南管)		南	管

Etymology

Literally "southern pipe"

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ gun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-koán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-kuan³
    • Yale: nán-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nangoan
    • Palladius: наньгуань (nanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ gun²
    • Yale: nàahm gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ kuːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-koán
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamkoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² kuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ kuan⁴¹/

Noun

南管

1. Nanguan (an ancient musical genre originating in Fujian, China, and also performed in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines)

Synonyms

• 南音 (nányīn)
• 南樂／南乐 (nányuè)
• 南曲 (nánqǔ)

Related terms

• 北管 (běiguǎn)