# 閩南
## Chinese

* Mìng-nàng (Eastern Min)
* 閩南 (Southern Min)
* 閩南 (Cantonese)
* 閩南 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Mǐnnán, Mínnán
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄋㄢˊ, ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): man$^5$ naam$^4$ / man$^4$ naam$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Mén-nàm
    (Hailu, HRS): men$^ˊ$ nam
* Eastern Min (BUC): Mìng-nàng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang$^2$ nang$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bân-lâm / Bîn-lâm
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$min-noe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Mǐnnán
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄋㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǐnnán
*** Wade–Giles: min$^3$-nan$^2$
*** Yale: mǐn-nán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miinnan
*** Palladius: миньнань (minʹnanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /min²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$閩南 / 闽南 閩楠 / 闽楠
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mínnán
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mínnán
*** Wade–Giles: min$^2$-nan$^2$
*** Yale: mín-nán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minnan
*** Palladius: миньнань (minʹnanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /min³⁵ nän³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: man$^5$ naam$^4$ / man$^4$ naam$^4$
*** Yale: máhn nàahm / màhn nàahm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: man$^5$ naam$^4$ / man$^4$ naam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: men$^5$ nam$^4$ / men$^4$ nam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐn¹³ naːm²¹/, /mɐn²¹ naːm²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mén-nàm
*** Hakka Romanization System: men$^ˋ$ nam$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: men$^3$ nam$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /men³¹ nam¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: men$^ˊ$ nam
*** Sinological IPA: /men²⁴⁻³³ nam⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Mìng-nàng
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ nˡaŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: mang$^2$ nang$^2$ [Phonetic: mang$^5$ nang$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Máng-náng
*** Sinological IPA : /maŋ¹³⁻²¹ naŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-lâm
*** Tâi-lô: Bân-lâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: banlaam
*** IPA (Taipei): /ban²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban²³⁻³³ lam²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban¹³⁻²² lam¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ban²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bîn-lâm
*** Tâi-lô: Bîn-lâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: binlaam
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$min-noe
*** MiniDict: min$^去$ noe
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$min-noe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² nø⁴⁴/

### Proper noun

閩南
* southern Fujian (a region of Fujian, China); Minnan region

#### Synonyms

* (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) 下南

#### Derived terms

* 閩南人 / 闽南人 (mǐnnánrén)
* 閩南話 / 闽南话 (mǐnnánhuà)
* 閩南語 / 闽南语 (mǐnnányǔ)

### Noun

閩南
* (～話, ～語, ～方言) Southern Min; Min Nan (a variety of Chinese)
    From: 2008, 賴惠玲 (Huei-ling Lai), transcript by 饒翔進, 語言復興從家庭做起, interview on 警察廣播電臺 (Police Broadcasting Service)
    Suǒyǐ wǒmen yào dàlì hūyù wǒmen zhèxiē hái huì jiǎng mǔyǔ de dàrén, lìrú hái huì shuō Mǐnnán de dàrén zài jiā jiù gēn xiǎoháizi jiǎng Mǐnnán; huì shuō Kèyǔ de dàrén zài jiā jiù gēn xiǎoháizi jiǎng Kèyǔ. [Pinyin]
    That's why we're vigorously calling on those adults who can still speak in their mother tongues, like adults who can still speak Southern Min should speak Southern Min at home with their kids; adults who can speak Hakka should speak Hakka at home with their kids.
    From: 2010, interview with 鍾年修 (2009 March 30), in 謝瑞珍 (Hsieh Jui Chen), 台灣客語廣播節目播放客家勸善歌之研究 (A Study on Hakka Ballads in Hakka Radio Programs)
    Yīnwèi wǒmen Kèjiā gēqū gēn Mǐnnán, Guóyǔ bùyīyàng, gēcí bùhǎo tīng qǐlái hěn yìngjǐng [Pinyin]
    Because our Hakka songs are different from Southern Min and Mandarin [songs]: if the lyrics aren't good, it'd sound really ngang-kiáng
    From: 2012, 王振漢, 《悠悠浯江水》, page 112
    Suǒyǐ wǒmen kě tòuguò Mǐnnán yànyǔ de rènzhī, lái tàntǎo rénmen xīnmù zhōng de shénmíng xìnyǎng, ér néng gèng jìn yī bù liǎojiě rénmín jí qí shèhuì yǔ wénhuà. [Pinyin]
    Thus, through our understanding of Southern Min proverbs, we can probe into the people's belief in deities and gain a deeper understanding of the people and their society and culture.
    From: 2012 July 19, 布農族_松光輝 訪談稿, in 台灣原住民數位典藏資料庫 (Taiwan Indigenous Digital Archives of Database)
    Wǒmen xiànzài zhèbiān Dìlì jiǎng Mǐnnán de duō ma? [Pinyin]
    Do we have a lot who speak Southern Min here in Dama-luwan?
    From: 2019, 黃明志 [Namewee] ft. 大支 [Dwagie], 鬼島 [Ghost Island]
    dǎoshàng yǒu rén jiǎng Mǐnnán [Pinyin]
    Some people speak Southern Min [on the island]

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 閩 | 南 |
| びん Hyōgai | なん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʲĩnːã̠ɴ]

### Proper noun

閩(びん)南(なん) • (Binnan)
* southern Fujian (a region of Fujian, China)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 閩 | 南 |

### Proper noun

閩南 • (Minnam) (hangeul 민남)
* hanja form of 민남 (“Southern Min”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 閩 | 南 |

### Proper noun

閩南
* chữ Hán form of Mân Nam (“Southern Min”).