越南

Chinese

Yue south
simp. and trad.
(越南)
2nd round simp. 迌⿱十冂
anagram 南越

Etymology

(Yue) +‎ (south). See (yuè) and Vietnamese Việt Nam for more.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • uag8 nam5 - Shantou;
  • uêg8 lam5 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 8yuq-noe
      • MiniDict: yuih noe
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 5hhyq-noe
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyɪʔ¹¹ nø²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (35) (8)
Final () (68) (159)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter hjwot nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉɐt̚/ /nʌm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷiɐt̚/ /nəm/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuɐt̚/ /nɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuat̚/ /nəm/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuɐt̚/ /nᴀm/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwɐt̚/ /nɒm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯wɐt̚/ /năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuè nán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyut6 naam4

Proper noun

越南

  1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (越南):
  • Japanese: (えつ)(なん) (Etsunan)
  • Okinawan: (いつ)(なん) (Itsunan)
  • Korean: 월남(越南) (Wollam)
  • Vietnamese: Việt Nam (越南)

Others:

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
えつ
Grade: S
なん
Grade: 2
kan'on goon

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 越南 (Yuènán).

For the further etymology of the name of the country, see Vietnam#Etymology.

Proper noun

(えつ)(なん) • (Etsunanゑつなん (Wetunan)?

  1. synonym of ベトナム (Betonamu): Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ベトナム
Grade: S
(ateji)
Grade: 2
(ateji)
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 越南 – see the following entry.
ベトナム
[proper noun] Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
(This term, 越南, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

See also

References

Anagrams

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

越南 • (Wollam) (hangeul 월남)

  1. hanja form? of 월남 (Vietnam)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
いつ
Grade: S
なん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 越南 (Yuènán).

Proper noun

(いつ)(なん) (Itsunan

  1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
    Synonyms: ベトナム (Betonamu), 安南 (Annan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

越南

  1. chữ Hán form of Việt Nam (Vietnam)