安南

Chinese

Etymology 1

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	south
trad. (安南)		安	南
simp. #(安南)		安	南
anagram		南安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ānnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ naam⁴ / on¹ naam^4-2
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ăng-nàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): An-lâm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ang¹ nam⁵ / ang¹ lam⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹oe-noe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ānnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Annán
    • Wade–Giles: An¹-nan²
    • Yale: Ān-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Annan
    • Palladius: Аньнань (Anʹnanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ naam⁴ / on¹ naam^4-2
    • Yale: ōn nàahm / ōn náam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ naam⁴ / on¹ naam^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ nam⁴ / on¹ nam^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ naːm²¹/, /ɔːn⁵⁵ naːm²¹⁻³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ăng-nàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵ nˡaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: An-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: An-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: anlaam
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ang¹ nam⁵ / ang¹ lam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ang nâm / ang lâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ³³⁻²³ nam⁵⁵/, /aŋ³³⁻²³ lam⁵⁵/

Note: ang1 lam5 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹oe-noe
    • MiniDict: oe^平 noe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹oe-noe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ø⁵⁵ nø²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'an nom

Rime
Character	安	南
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏寒切	那含切
Baxter	'an	nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑn/	/nʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑn/	/nəm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑn/	/nɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔan/	/nəm/
Li Rong	/ʔɑn/	/nᴀm/
Wang Li	/ɑn/	/nɒm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑn/	/năm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	nán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on1	naam4

Proper noun

安南

1. (historical) Annam
2. (dated) Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

   • 我們可聽到埃及人的聲音？可聽到安南、朝鮮的聲音？印度除了泰戈爾，別的聲音可還有？ [MSC, trad.]
     我们可听到埃及人的声音？可听到安南、朝鲜的声音？印度除了泰戈尔，别的声音可还有？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, Lu Xun (魯迅), 《無聲的中國——二月十六日在香港青年會講》 (Silent China — A Talk Given at the Hongkong Y.M.C.A. on February 16th)

     Wǒmen kě tīngdào āijírén de shēngyīn? Kě tīngdào ānnán, cháoxiān de shēngyīn? Yìndù chúle Tàigē'ěr, biéde shēngyīn kě hái yǒu? [Pinyin]

     Have we heard the voice of the Egyptian people? Have we heard of that of the Vietnamese, or the Koreans? Is there any voice raised in India but that of Tagore?

   • 1965, 龍影, directed by 關志堅, 恩義難忘 [Your Infinitive Kindness], 雷煥璇 [Lui Woon-Suen] (actor):

     你聽日提議同佢去安南玩幾日。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你听日提议同佢去安南玩几日。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ ting¹ jat⁶ tai⁴ ji⁵ tung⁴ keoi⁵ heoi³ on¹ naam^4-2 waan^4-2 gei² jat⁶. [Jyutping]

     Tomorrow, suggest going to Vietnam with him for a few days.

Derived terms

• 安南人 (ānnánrén)
• 安南話 / 安南话 (Ānnánhuà)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (安南):

• → Japanese: 安南(アンナン) (Annan)
• → Okinawan: 安南(あんなん) (Annan)
• → Korean: 안남(安南) (Annam)
• → Vietnamese: An Nam (安南)

Etymology 2

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	south
trad. (安南)		安	南
simp. #(安南)		安	南
anagram		南安

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “新區名取安順與臺南之意，合稱為安南”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ānnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ naam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ôn-nàm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): An-lâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ānnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Annán
    • Wade–Giles: An¹-nan²
    • Yale: Ān-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Annan
    • Palladius: Аньнань (Anʹnanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ naam⁴
    • Yale: ōn nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ naːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ôn-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: on^ˊ nam^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /on²⁴ nam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: An-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: An-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: anlaam
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²⁴/

Proper noun

安南

1. (～區) Annan (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)

Etymology 3

		phonetic
trad. (安南)		安	南
simp. #(安南)		安	南
anagram		南安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ānnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ naam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ānnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Annán
    • Wade–Giles: An¹-nan²
    • Yale: Ān-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Annan
    • Palladius: Аньнань (Anʹnanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ naam⁴
    • Yale: ōn nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ naːm²¹/

Proper noun

安南

1. A transliteration of the Akan surname [Term?], Annan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	南
あん Grade: 3	なん Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

Mandarin 安南 (Ānnán)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ã̠nːã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

安南(アンナン) • (Annan) 

1. Annam (the former name of Vietnam)

   Coordinate terms: 安西 (Ansei), 安東 (Antō), 安北 (Anhoku)

   安(アン)南(ナン)語(ご)

   Annan-go

   the Annamite language

   安(アン)南(ナン)山(さん)脈(みゃく)

   Annan Sanmyaku

   the Annamite Range

   安(アン)南(ナン)人(じん)

   Annan-jin

   an Annamite

   安(アン)南(ナン)都(と)護(ご)府(ふ)

   Annan Togofu

   Annam Protectorate

   安(アン)南(ナン)焼(やき)

   Annan-yaki

   Annamite earthenware

Korean

Hanja in this term
安	南

Proper noun

安南 • (Annam) (hangeul 안남)

1. hanja form^? of 안남 (“Annam (the former name of Vietnam)”)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
安	南
あん Grade: 3	なん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

安(あん)南(なん) (Annan) 

1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
2. Annam, the former name of Vietnam

   Synonyms: ベトナム (Betonamu), 越南 (Itsunan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
安	南

Proper noun

安南

1. chữ Hán form of An Nam (“Annam (the former name of Vietnam)”).