南京

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Chinese

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south capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(南京)
Literally: “southern capital”.
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (8) (28)
Final () (159) (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter nom kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nʌm/ /kˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/nəm/ /kᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɒm/ /kiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nəm/ /kiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/nᴀm/ /kiɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/nɒm/ /kĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/năm/ /ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nán jīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
naam4 ging1

Proper noun

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南京

  1. () Nanjing (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China)

Synonyms

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  • (chiefly literary or poetic) 金陵 (Jīnlíng)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (南京):
  • Japanese: 南京(なんきん) (Nankin)
  • Korean: 남경(南京) (Namgyeong)
  • Vietnamese: Nam Kinh (南京)

Others:

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: 2
きん
Grade: 2
tōon

Borrowed from English Nanking, from the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 南京 (Nánjīng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nã̠ŋʲkʲĩɴ]
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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(なん)(きん) or 南京(ナンキン) (Nankin

  1. Nanjing (a major city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China)
    Synonym: 金陵 (Kinryō)
Derived terms
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See also
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Noun

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(なん)(きん) (nankin

  1. pumpkin, squash
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: 2
きょう
Grade: 2
goon

Compound of (なん) (nan, south) + (きょう) (kyō, capital city).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(なん)(きょう) (nankyōなんきやう (nankyau)?

  1. a southern capital (formerly used to refer to the city of Nara)

References

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  1. ^ Kaske, Elisabeth (2008) The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919[1], Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →ISBN, page 52
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Proper noun

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南京 (Namgyeong) (hangeul 남경)

  1. hanja form? of 남경 (alternative name of Nanjing)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

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南京

  1. chữ Hán form of Nam Kinh (Nanjing).