南半球

Chinese

		south	hemisphere; hemisphere of the Earth
simp. and trad. (南半球)		南	半球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánbànqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ bun³ kau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-pòaⁿ-kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánbànqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánbàncióu
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-pan⁴-chʻiu²
    • Yale: nán-bàn-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanbannchyou
    • Palladius: наньбаньцю (nanʹbanʹcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ pän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ bun³ kau⁴
    • Yale: nàahm bun kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ bun³ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ bun³ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ puːn³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-pòaⁿ-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-puànn-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lampvoarkiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/

Noun

南半球

1. Southern Hemisphere
2. (slang) underboob

Antonyms

• 北半球 (běibànqiú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	半	球
みなみ Grade: 2	はん Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
kun’yomi	kan’on

Etymology

From 南 (minami, “south”) +‎ 半球 (hankyū, “hemisphere”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みなみは​んきゅう [mìnámíháꜜǹkyùù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [mʲina̠mʲihã̠ŋʲkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

南(みなみ)半(はん)球(きゅう) • (minami hankyū) ^{←みなみはんきう (minamifankiu)?}

1. the Southern Hemisphere

   Antonym: 北半球 (Kita Hankyū)

2. (slang) underboob

Derived terms

• 南(みなみ)半球(はんきゅう)環状(かんじょう)モード (Minami Hankyū Kanjō Mōdo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
南	半	球

Noun

南半球 • (namban-gu) (hangeul 남반구)

1. Hanja form^? of 남반구 (“Southern Hemisphere”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
南	半	球

Noun

南半球

1. chữ Hán form of nam bán cầu (“Southern Hemisphere”).