越南

Chinese

Yue south
simp. and trad.
(越南) 		越 南
2nd round simp. 迌⿱十冂
anagram 南越

Etymology

越 (“Yue”) +‎ 南 (“south”). See 越 (yuè) and Vietnamese Việt Nam for more.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • uag8 nam5 - Shantou;
  • uêg8 lam5 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 8yuq-noe
      • MiniDict: yuih入 noe
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 5hhyq-noe
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyɪʔ¹¹ nø²³/

Proper noun

越南

  1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (越南):
  • → Japanese: 越(えつ)南(なん) (Etsunan)
  • → Okinawan: 越(いつ)南(なん) (Itsunan)
  • → Korean: 월남(越南) (Wollam)
  • → Vietnamese: Việt Nam (越南)

Others:

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
越 南
えつ
Grade: S 		なん
Grade: 2
kan'on goon

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 越南 (Yuènán).

For the further etymology of the name of the country, see Vietnam#Etymology.

Proper noun

越(えつ)南(なん) • (Etsunan) ←ゑつなん (Wetunan)?

  1. synonym of ベトナム (Betonamu): Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
越 南
ベトナム
Grade: S
(ateji) 		Grade: 2
(ateji)
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 越南 – see the following entry.
【ベトナム】
[proper noun] Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
(This term, 越南, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

See also

Anagrams

Korean

Hanja in this term
越南

Proper noun

越南 • (Wollam) (hangeul 월남)

  1. hanja form? of 월남 (“Vietnam”)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
越 南
いつ
Grade: S 		なん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 越南 (Yuènán).

Proper noun

越(いつ)南(なん) (Itsunan) 

  1. Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
    Synonyms: ベトナム (Betonamu), 安南 (Annan)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
越南

Proper noun

越南

  1. chữ Hán form of Việt Nam (“Vietnam”)
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