南越

Chinese

		south	Yue
simp. and trad. (南越)		南	越
anagram		越南

Etymology

"Nanyue"

The qualifier "South" distinguished this kingdom from other "Yue" ("Việt") tribes including the state of Yue and the realm of the Minyue (閩越／闽越 (Mǐnyuè)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nányuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ jyut⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): Lâm-oa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: Nányuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanyueh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nányuè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ jyut⁶
    • Yale: nàahm yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /näːm²¹ jyːt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-oa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: Lâm-ua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lam'oat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² uat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² uat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² uat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ uat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ uat̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /nʌm  ɦʉɐt̚/

Rime
Character	南	越
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	那含切	王伐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nʌm/	/ɦʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/nəm/	/ɦʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/nɒm/	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nəm/	/ɦuat̚/
Li Rong	/nᴀm/	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/nɒm/	/ɣĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/năm/	/i̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nán	yuè

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤ[ə]m  [ɢ]ʷat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuːm  ɢʷad/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	南	越
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nán	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ nom ›	‹ hjwot ›
Old Chinese	/*nˁ[ə]m/	/*[ɢ]ʷat/
English	south	pass over
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	南	越
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	9355	16333
Phonetic component	南	戉
Rime group	侵	月
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	南	越
Old Chinese	/*nuːm/	/*ɢʷad/

Proper noun

南越

1. (～國) (historical) Nanyue, the Zhao Dynasty's successor state to the Qin Empire in modern-day Guangdong, Guangxi, and northern Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. southern Vietnam

Synonyms

• (South Vietnam): (full name) 越南共和國／越南共和国 (Yuènán Gònghéguó)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	越
なん Grade: 2	えつ Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [nã̠ɰ̃e̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Proper noun

南(なん)越(えつ) • (Nan'etsu) 

1. Nanyue (204 BC-111 BC)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
南	越

Proper noun

南越 • (Namwol) (hangeul 남월)

1. Hanja form^? of 남월 (“Nanyue (204 BC-111 BC)”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
南	越

Proper noun

南越

1. Hán tự form of Nam Việt (“Nanyue (204 BC-111 BC)”).