南宋

Chinese

		south	surname; name of a dynasty
simp. and trad. (南宋)		南	宋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nán Sòng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ sung³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-sòng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nán Sòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nán Sòng
  - Wade–Giles: Nan² Sung⁴
  - Yale: Nán Sùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nan Sonq
  - Palladius: Нань Сун (Nanʹ Sun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ sung³
  - Yale: nàahm sung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ sung³
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ sung³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ sʊŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-sòng
  - Tâi-lô: Lâm-sòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lamsoxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² sɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² sɔŋ²¹/

Proper noun

南宋

the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Warring States period 戰國 / 战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢 / 西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉
		Wu 吳 / 吴
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

Chinese

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