臺南

See also: 台南

Chinese

		short for 臺灣	south
trad. (臺南/台南)		臺/台	南
simp. (台南)		台	南

Etymology

Officially, with the creation of Tainan Prefecture (臺南府) in 1887.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Táinán

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴ naam⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Thòi-nàm

(Meixian, Guangdong): toi² nam²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tâi-lâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Táinán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Táinán
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻai²-nan²
  - Yale: Tái-nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tairnan
  - Palladius: Тайнань (Tajnanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: toi⁴ naam⁴
  - Yale: tòih nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ nam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ naːm²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thòi-nàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: toiˇ namˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: toi² nam²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯¹¹ nam¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: toi² nam²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰoɪ¹¹ nam¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-lâm
  - Tâi-lô: Tâi-lâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dailaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³⁻²² lam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai²³⁻³³ lam²³/

Proper noun

臺南

(～市) Tainan (special municipality in southern Taiwan)
(～市) (historical) Tainan City (former provincial city, now part of the special municipality)
(～縣) (historical) Tainan County (former county, now part of the special municipality)

Synonyms

鳳凰城／凤凰城 (Fènghuángchéng)

Coordinate terms

臺東／台东 (Táidōng)
臺西／台西 (Táixī)
臺北／台北 (Táiběi)
臺中／台中 (Táizhōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (臺南):

→ Japanese: 台(たい)南(なん) (Tainan)
→ Korean: 대남(臺南) (Daenam)
→ Vietnamese: Đài Nam (臺南)

- → English: Tainan
- → Korean: 타이난 (Tainan)
- → Russian: Тайнань (Tajnanʹ)

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