南北

Chinese

		south	north
trad. (南北)		南	北
simp. #(南北)		南	北

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ bak¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàm-pet
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-pak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ bag⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶noe-poq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánběi
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-pei³
    • Yale: nán-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanbeei
    • Palladius: наньбэй (nanʹbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ bak¹
    • Yale: nàahm bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ beg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-pet
    • Hakka Romanization System: namˇ bed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² bed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ pet̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-pak
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-pak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lampag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ pak̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lam⁵ bag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm pak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pak̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶noe-poq
    • MiniDict: noe^去 poh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³noe-poq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nø²² poʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

南北

1. north and south

   戰南北／战南北  ―  zhàn nánběi  ―  (Taiwan) to debate between customs in the north and the south

   南北韓／南北韩  ―  Nánběihán  ―  North and South Korea

2. distance from north to south; latitude span

Derived terms

• 不分南北東西，不問張王李趙／不分南北东西，不问张王李赵
• 不問東西南北／不问东西南北
• 南北和議／南北和议
• 南北學／南北学
• 南北宗
• 南北戰爭／南北战争 (Nánběi Zhànzhēng)
• 南北書派／南北书派
• 南北朝 (Nán-Běi Cháo)
• 南北極／南北极
• 南北洋
• 南北睽違／南北睽违
• 南北貨／南北货
• 大江南北 (dàjiāngnánběi)
• 有南北
• 東西南北／东西南北 (dōngxīnánběi)
• 東西南北人／东西南北人
• 東西南北客／东西南北客
• 魏晉南北朝／魏晋南北朝 (Wèi-Jìn Nán-Běi Cháo)

 

See also

• 東西／东西 (dōngxī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	北
なん Grade: 2	ほく > ぼく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 南北 (literally “south and north”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) な​んぼく [náꜜǹbòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [nã̠mbo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

南(なん)北(ぼく) • (nanboku) 

1. north and south

See also

• 東(とう)西(ざい)南(なん)北(ぼく) (tōzai nanboku)
• 南(なん)北(ぼく)朝(ちょう) (Nanbokuchō)