緬甸

See also: 缅甸

Chinese

		Burma; distant	imperial domain; suburb
trad. (緬甸)		緬	甸
simp. (缅甸)		缅	甸

Etymology

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Proper noun

1. Myanmar; Burma

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (緬甸):

• → Japanese: 緬甸(めんでん) (Menden)
• → Vietnamese: Miến Điện (緬甸)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᠮᡳᠶ᠋ᠠᠨ
  ᡩᡳᠶ᠋ᠠᠨ (miyan diyan)
• → Zhuang: Menjden

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
緬	甸
めん Hyōgaiji	でん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chinese 緬甸／缅甸 (Miǎndiàn), some time after this term came to prominence in Chinese during the Ming Dynasty. Compare modern Mandarin reading Miǎndiàn, Cantonese min⁵ din⁶.

Proper noun

緬(めん)甸(でん) • (Menden) 

1. (historical, possibly obsolete) former name for Myanmar

Synonyms

• ミャンマー (Myanmā)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
緬	甸
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Ultimately from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma). The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from the borrowed Chinese term Menden above.

Proper noun

緬甸(ビルマ) • (Biruma) 

1. rare spelling of ビルマ: Myanmar

Synonyms

• ミャンマー (Myanmā)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
緬	甸

Proper noun

緬甸

1. chữ Hán form of Miến Điện (“Myanmar”).