南蠻

See also: 南蛮

Chinese

		south	barbarian; bullying; very barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless
trad. (南蠻)		南	蠻
simp. (南蛮)		南	蛮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nánmán

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ maan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-bân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nánmán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nánmán
    • Wade–Giles: Nan²-man²
    • Yale: Nán-mán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanman
    • Palladius: Наньмань (Nanʹmanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ män³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ maan⁴
    • Yale: nàahm màahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ maan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ man⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ maːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-bân
    • Tâi-lô: Lâm-bân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lambaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² ban²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² ban²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² ban¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ ban²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ ban²³/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 南蠻

1. (derogatory, chiefly historical) the "Southern Barbarians", a catch-all term for the Yue and other peoples living south of the Chinese cultural sphere (chiefly) in Antiquity

Synonyms

• 蠻／蛮 (mán); 象 (xiàng)
• (chiefly medieval): 蠻子／蛮子 (mánzi)

Hypernyms

• 夷 (yí), 四夷 (sìyí)

Related terms

• 東夷／东夷 (Dōngyí), 北狄 (Běidí), 西戎 (Xīróng)