濟南

See also: 济南

Chinese

		aid; ferry; frugal	south
trad. (濟南)		濟	南
simp. (济南)		济	南

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jǐnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zai² naam⁴, zai³ naam⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ji⁴ nam²
• Eastern Min (BUC): Cá̤-nàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chè-lâm / Ché-lâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jǐnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jǐnán
    • Wade–Giles: Chi³-nan²
    • Yale: Jǐ-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiinan
    • Palladius: Цзинань (Czinanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zai² naam⁴, zai³ naam⁴
    • Yale: jái nàahm, jai nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzai² naam⁴, dzai³ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zei² nam⁴, zei³ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯³⁵ naːm²¹/, /t͡sɐi̯³³ naːm²¹/

Note:

• zai2 naam4 - proper pronunciation;
• zai3 naam4 - common variant.

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ji⁴ nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si⁵³⁻⁵⁵ nam¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Cá̤-nàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ nˡaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chè-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: Tsè-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zealaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡se¹¹⁻⁵³ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ lam¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se²¹⁻⁴¹ lam²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ché-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: Tsé-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeflaam
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lam²⁴/

Note:

• Ché-lâm - proper pronunciation;
• Chè-lâm - common variant.

Proper noun

濟南

1. (～市) Jinan (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Shandong, China)

Descendants

• → English: Chinan, Chi-nan, Jinan, Ji'nan, Tsinan