南極なんきょく

See also: 南みなみ极

Chinese

		south	utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit
trad. (南極なんきょく)		南みなみ	極ごく
simp. (南みなみ极)		南みなみ	极

Etymology

First attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu [1602].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nánjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ gik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Nàm-khi̍t
• 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/
• 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

南極なんきょく

1. the South Pole

Derived terms

• 南極なんきょく半島はんとう／南みなみ极半岛 (Nánjí Bàndǎo)
• 南極なんきょく圈けん／南みなみ极圈 (Nánjíquān)
• 南極なんきょく洲しゅう／南みなみ极洲 (Nánjízhōu)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (南極なんきょく):

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

See also

• 北極ほっきょく／北きた极 (Běijí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南みなみ	極ごく
なん Grade: 2	きょく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なんきょく [nàńkyókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [nã̠ŋʲkʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

南みなみ(なん)極ごく(きょく) • (nankyoku) 

1. Short for 南極なんきょく圏けん. south polar region

Proper noun

南みなみ(なん)極ごく(きょく) • (Nankyoku) 

1. (geography) South Pole; Antarctica

Synonyms

• (south polar region): 南みなみ(なん)極ごく(きょく)大だい(たい)陸りく(りく) (nankyoku-tairiku): Antarctica
• (south pole): 南みなみ(なん)極ごく(きょく)点てん(てん) (nankyokuten): South Pole

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “north polar region”): 北きた(ほっ)極ごく(きょく) (hokkyoku)
• (antonym(s) of “north pole”): 北きた(ほっ)極ごく(きょく)点てん(てん) (hokkyokuten): North Pole

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
南みなみ	極ごく

Noun

南極なんきょく • (namgeuk) (hangeul 남극)

1. hanja form^? of 남극 (“south pole”)

Proper noun

南極なんきょく • (Namgeuk) (hangeul 남극)

1. hanja form^? of 남극 (“South Pole; Antarctica”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
南みなみ	極ごく

Noun

南極なんきょく

1. chữ Hán form of nam cực (“south pole”).

Proper noun

南極なんきょく

1. chữ Hán form of Nam cực (“the South Pole”).