儂影

Chinese

		(Shanghai dial.) you	picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow
trad. (儂影)		儂	影
simp. (侬影)		侬	影
alternative forms		人影

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nang² ng³ / nang² iann³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâng-iáⁿ

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² ng³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ ng³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: náng-n̂g
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ŋ̍⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² ng³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ ng³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ŋ̍³³²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² iann³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ ngia³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋia³³²/

Note:

Putian:
- nang2 ng3 - “shadow of a person (under the sun, moon or light), trace of a person”.
Xianyou:
- nang2 ng3 - “shadow of a person (under the sun, moon or light)”;
- nang2 iaⁿ3 - “one's reflection in water or a mirror, trace of a person”.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-iáⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lâng-iánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lang'viar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² iã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² iã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² iã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ iã⁴¹/

Noun

儂影

(Min) shadow or figure of a person
(Min, figurative) trace of a person

Synonyms

(shadow):
- 人影 (rényǐng)
(trace):

人影 (rényǐng) (of a person)
印痕 (yìnhén)
形跡 / 形迹 (xíngjì)
斑痕 (bānhén)
殘跡 / 残迹 (cánjì)
烙印 (làoyìn)
痕跡 / 痕迹 (hénjì)
蹤影 / 踪影 (zōngyǐng)
蹤跡 / 踪迹 (zōngjì)
身影 (shēnyǐng) (figurative)
點子 / 点子 (diǎnzi)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “侬影”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 395.