Chinese

Proper noun

南京

1. Nanjing (a city in the Jiangsu province of eastern China)

Synonyms

• 金陵 (Jīnlíng)

References

• 南京 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nanjing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [nã̠ŋkʲĩɴ]

Proper noun

南京 ‎(hiragana なんきん, katakana ナンキン, romaji Nankin)

1. Nanjing

Synonyms

• (Nanjing): 金陵 (きんりょう) ‎(Kinryō)

Derived terms

Noun

南京 ‎(hiragana なんきん, romaji nankin)

1. pumpkin, squash

Synonyms

• (pumpkin, squash): 南瓜 (かぼちゃ) ‎(kabocha), 唐茄子 (とうなす) ‎(tōnasu)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) なんきょう [nàńkyóó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [nã̠ŋkjo̞ː]

Noun

南京 ‎(hiragana なんきょう, romaji nankyō, historical hiragana なんきやう)

1. a southern capital

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9