湖南

Chinese

		lake	south
trad. (湖南)		湖	南
simp. #(湖南)		湖	南
anagram		南湖

Etymology

Hunan

So named as it lies on the south of Lake Dongting.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Húnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wu⁴ naam⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vu³ nam³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Fù-nàm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fu² nam²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Hù-nàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Ô͘-lâm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ou⁵ lam⁵ / ou⁵ nam⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶wu-noe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu² lan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Húnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Húnán
    • Wade–Giles: Hu²-nan²
    • Yale: Hú-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwunan
    • Palladius: Хунань (Xunanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ naam⁴
    • Yale: wùh nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ naːm²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vu³ nam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu²² ⁿdam²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fù-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: fuˇ namˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu² nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ nam¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fu² nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ nam¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hù-nàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵³⁻³³ nˡaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ou⁵ lam⁵ / ou⁵ nam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ôu lâm / ôu nâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lam⁵⁵/, /ou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nam⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-noe
    • MiniDict: wu^去 noe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-noe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² nø⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fu² lan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸu¹³ l̃an¹³/

Proper noun

湖南

1. (～省) Hunan (a province of China)
2. (～市) Konan (a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan)
3. (～地方) Honam (a region of South Korea)

Coordinate terms

• 湖西 (Húxī)
• 湖北 (Húběi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
湖	南
こ Grade: 3	なん Grade: 2
kan’on	goon

Proper noun

湖(こ)南(なん) • (Konan) 

1. Konan (a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan)
2. Hunan (a province of China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
湖	南

Proper noun

湖南 • (Honam) (hangeul 호남)

1. Hanja form^? of 호남 (“Hunan; Honam”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
湖	南

Proper noun

湖南

1. chữ Hán form of Hồ Nam (“Hunan”).