南蠻

See also: 南蛮

Chinese

		south	barbarian; bullying; very barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless
trad. (南蠻)		南	蠻
simp. (南蛮)		南	蛮

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nánmán

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ maan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Lâm-bân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Nánmán
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanman
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ ma̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ maan⁴
  - Yale: nàahm màahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ maan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ man⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹ mɑːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-bân
  - Tâi-lô: Lâm-bân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lambaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² ban²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² ban²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² ban¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ ban²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ ban²³/

Proper noun

南蠻

(derogatory, chiefly historical) the "Southern Barbarians", a catch-all term for the Yue and other peoples living south of the Chinese cultural sphere (chiefly) in Antiquity

Synonyms

蠻／蛮 (mán)
(chiefly medieval): 蠻子／蛮子 (Mánzi)

Hypernyms

夷 (yí), 四夷 (sìyí)

Related terms

東夷／东夷 (dōngyí), 北狄 (Běidí), 西戎 (xīróng)

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