臺南

See also: 台南

Chinese

		short for 臺灣	south
trad. (臺南/台南)		臺/台	南
simp. (台南)		台	南

Etymology

Officially, with the creation of Tainan Prefecture (臺南府) in 1887.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Táinán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴ naam⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Thòi-nàm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): toi² nam²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tâi-lâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Táinán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Táinán
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai²-nan²
    • Yale: Tái-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tairnan
    • Palladius: Тайнань (Tajnanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi⁴ naam⁴
    • Yale: tòih nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ naːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thòi-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi^ˇ nam^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi² nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯¹¹ nam¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: toi² nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoɪ¹¹ nam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: Tâi-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dailaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³⁻²² lam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai²³⁻³³ lam²³/

Proper noun

臺南

1. (～市) Tainan (special municipality in southern Taiwan)
2. (～市) (historical) Tainan City (former provincial city, now part of the special municipality)
3. (～縣) (historical) Tainan County (former county, now part of the special municipality)

Synonyms

• 鳳凰城／凤凰城 (Fènghuángchéng)

Coordinate terms

• 臺東／台东 (Táidōng)
• 臺西／台西 (Táixī)
• 臺北／台北 (Táiběi)
• 臺中／台中 (Táizhōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (臺南):

• → Japanese: 台(たい)南(なん) (Tainan)
• → Korean: 대남(臺南) (Daenam)
• → Vietnamese: Đài Nam (臺南)

• → English: Tainan
• → Korean: 타이난 (Tainan)
• → Russian: Тайнань (Tajnanʹ)