南洋

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Chinese[edit]

south ocean; foreign
simp. and trad.
(南洋)
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Note:
  • lam5 iên5 - Chaozhou;
  • nam5 ion5 - Jieyang.
  • Wu
  • Proper noun[edit]

    南洋

    1. (dated) Malay Archipelago; (in general) Southeast Asia, Nanyang
      南洋  ―  xià Nányáng  ―  to migrate to Southeast Asia (during late Qing and the Republic of China era)
    2. (historical, Qing to early ROC) southerncoastal” region of China, inclusive of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangzhou
    3. (historical) irrigation plain south of the Mulan River in Fujian

    Synonyms[edit]

    • (Southeast Asia): (Hokkien) 番爿

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    Descendants[edit]

    • English: Nanyang

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    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    なん
    Grade: 2
    よう
    Grade: 3
    on’yomi
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    Proper noun[edit]

    (なん)(よう) (Nan'yōなんやう (nan'yau)?

    1. (especially pre-WWII) South Seas; Southeast Asia

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    References[edit]

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN