Chinese

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south ocean; foreign
simp. and trad.
(南洋)
 
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Pronunciation

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Note:
  • lam5 iên5 - Chaozhou;
  • nam5 ion5 - Jieyang.

Proper noun

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南洋

  1. (dated) Malay Archipelago; (in general) Southeast Asia, Nanyang
    南洋  ―  xià Nányáng  ―  to migrate to Southeast Asia (during late Qing and the Republic of China era)
  2. (historical, Qing to early ROC) southerncoastal” region of China, inclusive of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong
  3. (historical) irrigation plain south of the Mulan River in Fujian

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  • (Southeast Asia):

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Descendants

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  • English: Nanyang

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
 
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(なん)(よう) (Nan'yōなんやう (Nan'yau)?

  1. (especially pre-WWII) South Seas; Southeast Asia

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References

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  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 南洋 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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南洋 (namyang) (hangeul 남양)

  1. hanja form? of 남양