南極

See also: 南极

Chinese

		south	utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit
trad. (南極)		南	極
simp. (南极)		南	极

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 南極 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 南極 (Cantonese)
• 南極 (Classical)
• 南極 (Gan)
• Lâm-ke̍k (Southern Min)
• 南极 (Wu)

Etymology

First attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu [1602].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nánjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ gik⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Nàm-khi̍t

  (Hailu, HRS): nam kid^ˋ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Lâm-ke̍k / Lâm-kia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ gêg⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nánjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nánjí
    • Wade–Giles: Nan²-chi²
    • Yale: Nán-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanjyi
    • Palladius: Наньцзи (Nanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ gik⁶
    • Yale: nàahm gihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ gik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ gig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ kɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nàm-khi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: nam^ˇ kid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² kid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ kʰit̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: nam kid^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /nam⁵⁵ kʰit²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-ke̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Lâm-ki̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamkek
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ kiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² kiɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-kia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Lâm-kia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamkiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² kiak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lam⁵ gêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm ke̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kek̚⁴/

Proper noun

南極

1. the South Pole

Derived terms

• 南極半島 / 南极半岛 (Nánjí Bàndǎo)
• 南極圈 / 南极圈 (Nánjíquān)
• 南極洲 / 南极洲 (Nánjízhōu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (南極):

• → Japanese: 南極(なんきょく) (Nankyoku)
• → Korean: 남극(南極) (Namgeuk)
• → Vietnamese: Nam cực (南極)

See also

• 北極／北极 (Běijí)