南京

Chinese

		south	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (南京)		南	京
Literally: “southern capital”.

Proper noun

南京

1. (～市) Nanjing (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China)

Synonyms

• (chiefly literary or poetic) 金陵 (Jīnlíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (南京):

• → Japanese: 南京(なんきん) (nankin)
• → Korean: 남경(南京) (namgyeong)
• → Vietnamese: Nam Kinh (南京)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
南	京
なん Grade: 2	きん Grade: 2
tōon

From Middle Chinese 南 (MC nom) + 京 (MC kjaeng).

Proper noun

南(なん)京(きん) or 南京(ナンキン) • (Nankin) 

1. Nanjing (a major city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China)

   Synonym: 金陵 (Kinryō)

Derived terms

• 南(なん)京(きん)錠(じょう) (Nankinjō, “padlock”)
• 南(なん)京(きん)虫(むし) (Nankinmushi, “bedbug”)
• 南(なん)京(きん)豆(まめ) (Nankinmame, “peanut”)

See also

• 北(ペ)京(キン) (Pekin)
• 東(トン)京(キン) (Tonkin)
• 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō)

Noun

南(なん)京(きん) • (nankin) 

1. pumpkin, squash

Synonyms

• (pumpkin, squash): 南瓜(かぼちゃ) (kabocha), 唐茄子(とうなす) (tōnasu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
南	京
なん Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 2
goon

Noun

南(なん)京(きょう) • (nankyō) ^{←なんきやう (nankyau)?}

1. a southern capital (formerly used to refer to the city of Nara)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
南	京

Proper noun

南京 • (Namgyeong) (hangeul 남경)

1. hanja form^? of 남경 (“alternative name of Nanjing”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
南	京

Proper noun

南京

1. chữ Hán form of Nam Kinh (“Nanjing”).