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Nanman

The Man, commonly known as the Nanman or Southern Man (Chinese: 南蠻; Jyutping: Naam4 Maan4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-bân, lit. Southern Barbarians), were ancient indigenous peoples who lived in inland South and Southwest China, mainly around the Yangtze River valley. In ancient Chinese sources, the term Nanman was used to collectively describe multiple ethnic…

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Hanyu Pinyin
Nánmán
Hokkien POJ
Lâm-bân
Jyutping
Naam4 Maan4
Literal meaning
Southern Man (ethnonym)
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
Nàm-màn
Simplified Chinese
南蛮

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Nanman

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples15
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
Components1

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related to Culture · 3
Nanman → Among, Southern Man, The Nanman
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Nanman → Nánmán
Hokkien POJ · 1
Nanman → Lâm-bân
Jyutping · 1
Nanman → Naam4 Maan4
Literal meaning · 1
Nanman → Southern Man (ethnonym)
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ · 1
Nanman → Nàm-màn
Simplified Chinese · 1
Nanman → 南蛮
Traditional Chinese · 1
Nanman → 南蠻
Transcriptions · 1
Nanman → TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinNánmánWade–GilesNan-manHakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳNàm-mànYue: CantoneseJyutpingNaam4 Maan4Southern MinHokkien POJLâm-bânTâi-lôLâm-bân
Tâi-lô · 1
Nanman → Lâm-bân

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man chinese people southern han chu south barbarians china modern bandun known dynasty peoples huaxia zhou one linjun became lived

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
NanmanHanyu PinyinNánmán1.00infobox
NanmanHokkien POJLâm-bân1.00infobox
NanmanJyutpingNaam4 Maan41.00infobox
NanmanLiteral meaningSouthern Man (ethnonym)1.00infobox
NanmanPha̍k-fa-sṳNàm-màn1.00infobox
NanmanSimplified Chinese南蛮1.00infobox
NanmanTraditional Chinese南蠻1.00infobox
NanmanTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinNánmánWade–GilesNan-manHakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳNàm-mànYue: CantoneseJyutpingNaam4 Maan4Southern MinHokkien POJLâm-bânTâi-lôLâm-bân1.00infobox
NanmanTâi-lôLâm-bân1.00infobox
NanmanWade–GilesNan-man1.00infobox
the Jingpoinstance ofand non-Chinese Sino-Tibetan groups0.80text
Yi peoplesinstance ofand non-Chinese Sino-Tibetan groups0.80text

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