湖南

Chinese

		lake	south
trad. (湖南)		湖	南
simp. #(湖南)		湖	南
anagram		南湖

Etymology

Hunan

So named as it lies on the south of Lake Dongting.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Húnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wu⁴ naam⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vu³ nam³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Fù-nàm

  (Hailu, HRS): fu nam

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fu² nam²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Hù-nàng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hou² nang²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Ô͘-lâm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ou⁵ lam⁵ / ou⁵ nam⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-noe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu² lan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Húnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Húnán
    • Wade–Giles: Hu²-nan²
    • Yale: Hú-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwunan
    • Palladius: Хунань (Xunanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ naam⁴
    • Yale: wùh nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ naːm²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vu³ nam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu²² ⁿdam²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fù-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˇ nam^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu² nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ nam¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu nam
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ nam⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fu² nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ nam¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hù-nàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵³⁻³³ nˡaŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hou² nang² [Phonetic: hou⁵ nang²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Hó-náng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔu¹³⁻¹¹ naŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hou² nang² [Phonetic: hou⁵ nang²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔu²⁴⁻²¹ naŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ô͘-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: Ôo-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: olaam
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³⁻²² lam¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³⁻³³ lam²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ou⁵ lam⁵ / ou⁵ nam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ôu lâm / ôu nâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lam⁵⁵/, /ou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nam⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-noe
    • MiniDict: wu^去 noe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-noe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² nø⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fu² lan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸu¹³ l̃an¹³/

Proper noun

湖南

1. (～省) Hunan (a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting)
2. (～市) Konan (a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan)
3. (～地方) Honam (a region of South Korea)

Descendants

• → Manchu: ᡥᡡᠨᠠᠨ (hūnan)

See Also

• 湖西 (Húxī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
湖	南
こ Grade: 3	なん Grade: 2
kan'on	goon

Proper noun

湖(こ)南(なん) • (Konan) 

1. Konan (a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan)
2. Hunan (a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting)

Korean

Hanja in this term
湖	南

Proper noun

湖南 • (Honam) (hangeul 호남)

1. hanja form^? of 호남 :
   1. Hunan (a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting)
   2. Honam (a region of South Korea)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
湖	南

Proper noun

湖南

1. chữ Hán form of Hồ Nam: Hunan (a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting)