南沙

Chinese

		south	sands; shoal
simp. and trad. (南沙)		南	沙

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nánshā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ saa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-soa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nánshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nánsha
  - Wade–Giles: Nan²-sha¹
  - Yale: Nán-shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nansha
  - Palladius: Наньша (Nanʹša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ saa¹
  - Yale: nàahm sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ sa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ saː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-soa
  - Tâi-lô: Lâm-sua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lamsoaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/

Proper noun

南沙

short for 南沙群島／南沙群岛 (Nánshā Qúndǎo, “Spratly Islands”)
(～區) Nansha (a district of Sansha, Hainan, China)
(～區) Nansha (a district and state-level new area in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
(～街道) Nansha (a subdistrict of Nansha district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
(～鎮) Nansha (a town in Yuanyang, Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China)

Coordinate terms

東沙／东沙 (Dōngshā)
西沙 (Xīshā)
中沙 (Zhōngshā)

Derived terms

南沙群島 / 南沙群岛 (Nánshā Qúndǎo)

Descendants

→ English: Nansha