南風

Chinese

south
 
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (南風) 南 風
simp. (南风) 南 风

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 南 風
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 泥 (8) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 覃 (159) 東 (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 那含切 方戎切
Baxter nom pjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nʌm/ /pɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/nəm/ /piuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɒm/ /piuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nəm/ /puwŋ/
Li
Rong
/nᴀm/ /piuŋ/
Wang
Li
/nɒm/ /pĭuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/năm/ /pi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nán fēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
naam4 fung1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 南 風
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nán fēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ nom › ‹ pjuwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁ[ə]m/ /*prəm/
English south wind (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 南 風
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 9355 2921
Phonetic
component
南 凡
Rime
group
侵 侵
Rime
subdivision
2 3
Corresponding
MC rime
南 風
Old
Chinese
/*nuːm/ /*plum/

Noun

南風

  1. southerly; south wind (a persistent wind from the south)
  2. music from the South
  3. (archaic) male homosexuality
  4. (mahjong) South Wind

Derived terms

  • 南風不競/南风不竞

Proper noun

南風

  1. Nanfeng (a song supposedly written by Emperor Shun)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
南 風
なん
Grade: 2
ふう > ぷう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 南風 (MC nom pjuwng).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なんぷう [nàńpúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nã̠mpɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

南(なん)風(ぷう) • (nanpū) 

  1. south wind, southerly
    Synonyms: 凱風 (gaifū), 南 (minami)
    Antonym: 北風 (hokufū)
  2. wind blowing in summer
Idioms
  • 南風(なんぷう)競(きそ)わず (nanpū kisowazu)

Proper noun

南(なん)風(ぷう) • (Nanpū) 

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
南 風
みなみ
Grade: 2
かぜ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 南(みなみ) (minami, “south”) + 風(かぜ) (kaze, “wind”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) みなみかぜ [mìnámíkázé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲina̠mʲika̠ze̞]

Noun

南(みなみ)風(かぜ) • (minamikaze) 

  1. south wind, southerly
    Synonym: 南 (minami)
    Antonym: 北風 (kitakaze)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
南 風
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 南風 – see the following entry.
【はえ】
[noun] (regional) south wind, southerly
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, 南風, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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