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南洋

南洋

Chinese

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

Proper noun

南洋

(dated) Malay Archipelago
(dated) Southeast Asia
(historical, Qing to early ROC) southern coastal region of China, including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangzhou

See also

南陽／南阳 (Nányáng)
東南亞／东南亚 (Dōngnán Yà)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Nányáng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ joeng^4-2, naam⁴ joeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Nàm-yòng
Min Nan (POJ): Lâm-iûⁿ / Lâm-iôⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: Nányáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanyang
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    南洋
    南陽／南阳
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ joeng^4-2, naam⁴ joeng⁴
  - Yale: nàahm yéung, nàahm yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ joeng^4-2, naam⁴ joeng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹ jœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /nɑːm²¹ jœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nàm-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: namˇ iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nam² yong²
  - IPA: /nam¹¹ i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nàm-yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: namˇ (r)iongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nam² yong²
  - IPA: /nam¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-iûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Lâm-iûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lam'viuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ 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/