淮南

Chinese

		name of a river	south
simp. and trad. (淮南)		淮	南

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huáinán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waai⁴ naam⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): Huài-nàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hoâi-lâm
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wa-noe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huáinán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huáinán
    • Wade–Giles: Huai²-nan²
    • Yale: Hwái-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwainan
    • Palladius: Хуайнань (Xuajnanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waai⁴ naam⁴
    • Yale: wàaih nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waai⁴ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wai⁴ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯²¹ naːm²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Huài-nàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huai⁵³⁻³³ nˡaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoâi-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: Huâi-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoailaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huai²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huai²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huai¹³⁻²² lam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huai²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huai²³⁻³³ lam²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wa-noe
    • MiniDict: wa^去 noe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhua-noe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦua²² nø⁴⁴/

Proper noun

淮南

1. (～市) Huainan (a prefecture-level city in Anhui, China)
2. (historical) Huainan, a principality under the Han dynasty
3. (archaic) the lands south of the Huai River but north of the Yangtze, generally

Derived terms

• 淮南子 (Huáinánzǐ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淮	南
わい Hyōgai	なん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

淮(わい)南(なん) • (Wainan) 

1. Huainan (a city in Anhui, China)