阿南

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	south
simp. and trad. (阿南)		阿	南

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 阿南 (Anan).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ānán

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄋㄢˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): â-nàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ānán
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Anán
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-nan²
    • Yale: Ā-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Anan
    • Palladius: Анань (Ananʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: a´ namˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ nam¹¹/

Proper noun

阿南

1. (～市) Anan (a city in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
阿	南
あ Jinmeiyō	なん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠nã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

阿(あ)南(なん) • (Anan) 

1. Anan, Tokushima

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
阿	南
あ Jinmeiyō	みなみ > なみ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠na̠mʲi]

Proper noun

阿(あ)南(なみ) • (Anami) 

1. a surname