南天
Chinese
south | day; sky; heaven | ||
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simp. and trad. (南天) |
南 | 天 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nántian
- Wade–Giles: nan2-tʻien1
- Yale: nán-tyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nantian
- Palladius: наньтянь (nanʹtjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nän³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 南天
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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南 | 天 |
なん Grade: 2 |
てん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 南天 (*nom *ten, literally “southern heavens”). Compare modern Chinese 南天 (nántiān).
Noun
Etymology 2
Apparently ultimately an abbreviation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 南天竹 (*nom *ten *djiuk) or 南天竺 (*nom *ten *djiuk?), referring to a type of plant similar to bamboo, originating from an area further to the south (India or Indochina).[1] Compare modern Chinese 南天竹 (nántiān zhú).
Noun
- nandina, heavenly bamboo, sacred bamboo(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Derived terms
- 南天紋 (nanten mon): a kind of family crest featuring the nandina in the design.
Usage notes
In biology contexts, this term is spelled in katakana as ナンテン.
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Proper noun
- a female given name.
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- Mandarin lemmas
- Chinese nouns
- Mandarin nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese terms spelled with 南 read as なん
- Japanese terms spelled with 天 read as てん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese given names
- Japanese female given names