越南

Chinese

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

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 越南 (消歧義) (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 越南 (Cantonese)
• 越南 (Gan)
• 越南 (Wu)
• 越南 (Classical)
• Oa̍t-lâm (Southern Min)
• Uŏk-nàng (Eastern Min)
• Ye̍t-nàm (Hakka)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuènán

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ naam⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Ye̍t-nàm / Ya̍t-nàm

  (Hailu, HRS): rhad^ˋ nam

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yad⁶ nam²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Uŏk-nàng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeh⁷ nang² / yoeh⁷ nang²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Oa̍t-lâm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uag⁸ nam⁵ / uêg⁸ lam⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸yuq-noe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuènán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuènán
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh⁴-nan²
    • Yale: Ywè-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuehnan
    • Palladius: Юэнань (Juenanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ naam⁴
    • Yale: yuht nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² naːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ye̍t-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: ied nam^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yad⁶ nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯et̚⁵ nam¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ya̍t-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iad nam^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yad⁶ nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯at̚⁵ nam¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: rhad^ˋ nam
    • Sinological IPA: /ʒat² nam⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yad⁶ nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /iat̚⁵ nam¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Uŏk-nàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoʔ⁵⁻³³ nˡaŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: oeh⁷ nang² [Phonetic: oeh⁶ nang²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: E̤̍h-náng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /œʔ⁴⁻²¹ naŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeh⁷ nang² [Phonetic: yoeh⁶ nang²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøʔ⁴⁻² naŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Oa̍t-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: Ua̍t-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oadlaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uat̚⁴⁻³² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uat̚²⁴⁻² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uat̚⁴⁻³² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uat̚⁴⁻³² lam²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uag⁸ nam⁵ / uêg⁸ lam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ua̍k nâm / ue̍k lâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uak̚⁴⁻² nam⁵⁵/, /uek̚⁴⁻² lam⁵⁵/

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

• 安南 (Ānnán, “Annam”)

Derived terms

• 越南人 (yuènánrén)
• 越南共和國 / 越南共和国 (Yuènán Gònghéguó)
• 越南煎餅 / 越南煎饼 (Yuènán jiānbǐng)
• 越南猴子 (Yuènán hóuzi)
• 越南社會主義共和國 / 越南社会主义共和国 (Yuènán Shèhuì Zhǔyì Gònghéguó)
• 越南語 / 越南语 (yuènányǔ)

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:

• → Zhuang: Yeznanz

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

• 安(あん)南(なん) (Annan, another older name for Vietnam)

Anagrams

• 南(なん)越(えつ) (Nan'etsu, older name for Vietnam)

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”)