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湖南

湖南

Chinese

		lake	south
simp. and trad. (湖南)		湖	南

Proper noun

湖南

Hunan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
湖	南
こ Grade: 3	なん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

湖南 ‎(hiragana こなん, romaji Konan)

Hunan

Etymology

Literally "south of the lake", referring to Lake Dongting.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Húnán

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ naam⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Ô͘-lâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Húnán
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwunan
  - IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ na̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁴ naam⁴
  - Yale: wùh nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ naam⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ nɑːm²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ô͘-lâm
  - Tâi-lô: Ôo-lâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: olaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³⁻²² lam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³⁻³³ lam²³/