奄美

Chinese

		suddenly; to embrace; castrate suddenly; to embrace; castrate; to delay	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (奄美)		奄	美
simp. #(奄美)		奄	美

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 奄美 (Amami).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǎnměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎnměi [Phonetic: yánměi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǎnměi
    • Wade–Giles: Yen³-mei³
    • Yale: Yǎn-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeanmeei
    • Palladius: Яньмэй (Janʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

奄美

1. (～市) Amami (a city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奄	美
あま Jinmeiyō	み Grade: 3
nanori	on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠mʲi]

Proper noun

奄(あま)美(み) • (Amami) 

1. Amami (a city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)