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越南

越南

Chinese

 
to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more
 south
simp. and trad.
(越南) 		越 南
anagram 南越
Literally: “south of Yue”.

Proper noun

越南

  1. Vietnam

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (越南):

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
越 南
べと
Grade: S 		なむ
Grade: 2
Irregular
Kanji in this term
越 南
えつ
Grade: S 		なん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam

Proper noun

越南 ‎(katakana ベトナム, romaji Betonamu, alternative reading えつなん, romaji Etsunan)

  1. Rare spelling of ベトナム.

Korean

Hanja in this term
越 南

Proper noun

越南 • ‎(Wollam) ‎(hangeul 월남)

  1. Hanja form? of 월남, “(obsolete) Vietnam”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
越 南

Proper noun

越南

  1. Hán tự form of Việt Nam, “Vietnam”

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 越 南
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 月 (68) 覃 (159)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 王伐切 那含切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦʉɐt̚/ /nʌm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷiɐt̚/ /nəm/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣiuɐt̚/ /nɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦuat̚/ /nəm/
Li
Rong		 /ɣiuɐt̚/ /nᴀm/
Wang
Li		 /ɣĭwɐt̚/ /nɒm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯wɐt̚/ /năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yuè nán
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 越 南
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yuè nán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hjwot › ‹ nom ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɢ]ʷat/ /*nˤ[ə]m/
English pass over south

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 越 南
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 16333 9355
Phonetic
component		 戉 南
Rime
group		 月 侵
Rime
subdivision		 1 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 越 南
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷad/ /*nuːm/

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