番邦

Chinese

		(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name	a state; country or nation
trad. (番邦)		番	邦
simp. #(番邦)		番	邦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānbāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄅㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ bong¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): huăng-băng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-pang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ bang¹ / huêng¹ bang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānbāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄅㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanbang
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-pang¹
    • Yale: fān-bāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanbang
    • Palladius: фаньбан (fanʹban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ bong¹
    • Yale: fāan bōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ bong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ bong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huăng-băng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵ ^(p-)maŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-pang
    • Tâi-lô: huan-pang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoanpafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² paŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ paŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang¹ bang¹ / huêng¹ bang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang pang / hueng pang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ paŋ³³/, /hueŋ³³⁻²³ paŋ³³/

Noun

番邦

1. (chiefly Eastern Min, Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, dated) foreign country (especially from Southeast Asia)

   • 不覺來到番邦城　番仔看見問一聲 [Teochew, trad.]
     不觉来到番邦城　番仔看见问一声 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: late Qing/early Republic, anonymous, 古板秦世美全歌 book 3

     m⁶ gag⁴ lai⁵ gao³ huêng¹ bang¹ sian⁵, huêng¹ gian² toin² gin³ mung⁷ zêg⁸ sian¹ [Peng'im]

     Without realizing it [he] came to a city in a foreign land; the natives saw him and asked...

   • 1989, “黃阿燦過聖誕”, in 黎彼得 (lyrics), 香港 X'mas:

     鈴鈴啷　鈴鈴啷　未想去番邦 [Cantonese, trad.]
     铃铃啷　铃铃啷　未想去番邦 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ling¹ ling¹ long¹, ling¹ ling¹ long¹, mei⁶ soeng² heoi³ faan¹ bong¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 外國 (“foreign country”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		夷, 番邦, 異邦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		外國, 異國, 異邦, 外邦, 外域, 異國他鄉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	外國
	Taiwan	外國
Cantonese	Hong Kong	外國
Northern Min	Jian'ou	外國
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	番邦 dated, 番國 dated
Southern Min	Xiamen	外國, 番邦 dated
	Quanzhou	外國, 番邦 dated
	Jinjiang	外國
	Manila (Hokkien)	外國
Wu	Shanghai	外國