南半球

Chinese

		south	hemisphere; hemisphere of the Earth
simp. and trad. (南半球)		南	半球

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánbànqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ bun³ kau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-pòaⁿ-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánbànqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánbàncióu
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-pan⁴-chʻiu²
  - Yale: nán-bàn-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanbannchyou
  - Palladius: наньбаньцю (nanʹbanʹcju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ pän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ bun³ kau⁴
  - Yale: nàahm bun kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ bun³ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ bun³ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ puːn³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-pòaⁿ-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: lâm-puànn-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lampvoarkiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/

Proper noun

南半球

Southern Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the south of the Equator, containing only about 10% of the total land area on Earth)

Noun

南半球

(slang) underboob

Antonyms

北半球 (běibànqiú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	半	球
みなみ Grade: 2	はん Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
kun'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

From 南 (minami, “south”) +‎ 半球 (hankyū, “hemisphere”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みなみはんきゅう [mìnámíháꜜǹkyùù] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲina̠mʲihã̠ŋʲkʲɨː]

Proper noun

南(みなみ)半(はん)球(きゅう) • (Minami Hankyū) ^{←みなみはんきう (Minamifankiu)^?}

Southern Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the south of the Equator, containing only about 10% of the total land area on Earth)
Antonym: 北半球 (Kita Hankyū)

Noun

南(みなみ)半(はん)球(きゅう) • (minami hankyū) ^{←みなみはんきう (minamifankiu)^?}

(slang) underboob

Derived terms

南(みなみ)半球(はんきゅう)環状(かんじょう)モード (Minami Hankyū Kanjō Mōdo)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
南	半	球

Proper noun

南半球 • (Namban-gu) (hangeul 남반구)

hanja form^? of 남반구 : Southern Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the south of the Equator, containing only about 10% of the total land area on Earth)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
南	半	球

Proper noun

南半球

chữ Hán form of nam bán cầu: Southern Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the south of the Equator, containing only about 10% of the total land area on Earth)