Nanzhao

See also: Nánzhào

English

Alternative forms

• Nan-chao (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南詔 / 南诏 (Nánzhào).

Proper noun

Nanzhao

2. (historical) a kingdom that flourished in present-day Yunnan, China, between 739 and 902 CE.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南詔 / 南诏 (zh) (Nánzhào)

• Japanese: 南詔 (なんしょう, Nanshō)
• Korean: 남조(南詔) (ko) (namjo)
• Lao: ໜານເຈົ້າ (nān chao)
• Shan: လၢၼ်ႉၸဝ်ႈ (lâ̰an tsāo)
• Thai: น่านเจ้า (th) (nâan-jâo)
• Vietnamese: Nam Chiếu

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南召.

Proper noun

Nanzhao

2. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
   • [1931 April 4 [1931 March 27], “Banditry and Famine in Honan”, in The China Weekly Review‎^[1], volume 56, number 5, →OCLC, page 156, column 1:

     Chang Tiehtou or Iron Head Chang, another bandit ringleader, is now staying at Tenghsien in South Honan, with about 2,000 guns. Tsui Er-tan and Wei Kuo-chu, both famous bandit ringleaders, with about 7,000 guns, who had captured several villages in the Nanchao Hsien region and set some of them on fire are reported to have been defeated by the Government troops.]

   • [1968 February 8 [1968 February 6], “Honan County Committee”, in Daily Report: Communist China‎^[2], number 28, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengchow Honan Provincial, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Chicom Regional Affairs, page ddd 24:

     On 3 February some 10,000 proletarian revolutionaries, revolutionary masses, and PLA commanders and fighters in Nanchao County held a rally to celebrate the setting up of the Nanchao County revolutionary committee.]

   • 2002, Kellee S. Tsai, Back-Alley Banking: Private Entrepreneurs in China‎^[3], Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 185:

     Since foreigners are still prohibited from entering most such areas, I was able to visit only those that had already benefited from international and government-supported microfinance programs (discussed below), specifically Yucheng County in the east and Nanzhao County in the southwest of the province.

   • 2015 June 8, Angela Meng, “'Tacky' Chinese boyfriend criticised for making river rafting staff salute girlfriend on her birthday”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 June 2015, China‎^[5]:

     The couple, who were not named, took the raft trip in a natural park in Nanzhao county in northern Henan province, the report said.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南召 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Nanzhao, Nan-chao, Nanchao at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Nanzhao”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2118, column 2