南柯

Chinese

		south	handle of axe; stem
simp. and trad. (南柯)		南	柯
anagram		柯南

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánkē

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ o¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánkē
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánke
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-kʻo¹
    • Yale: nán-kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanke
    • Palladius: нанькэ (nanʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ o¹
    • Yale: nàahm ō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ o¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ o¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ ɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

南柯

1. dreamland
2. plum blossom

Synonyms

(dreamland):

• 夢境／梦境 (mèngjìng)
• 夢鄉／梦乡 (mèngxiāng)
• 睡鄉／睡乡 (shuìxiāng)

(plum blossom):

• 梅花 (méihuā)

Derived terms

• 南柯一夢／南柯一梦 (nánkēyīmèng)
• 南柯夢／南柯梦
• 南柯太守傳／南柯太守传 (Nánkē Tàishǒu Zhuàn)