善男

Chinese

		good	male
trad. (善男)		善	男
simp. ^#(善男)		善	男

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shànnán

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄋㄢˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siān-lâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shànnán
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shànnán
  - Wade–Giles: shan⁴-nan²
  - Yale: shàn-nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannnan
  - Palladius: шаньнань (šanʹnanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ nän³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-lâm
  - Tâi-lô: siān-lâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siexnlaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹⁻²² lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ lam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɛn³³⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn³³⁻²¹ lam²³/

Noun

善男

(Buddhism) a pious man

Derived terms

善男信女 (shànnán xìnnǚ)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
善	男
よし Grade: 6	お Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jo̞ɕio̞]

Proper noun

善(よし)男(お) • (Yoshio)

a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
善	男
ぜん Grade: 6	なん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞nːã̠ɴ]

Noun

善(ぜん)男(なん) • (zennan)

(Buddhism) a pious man

Korean

Hanja in this term
善	男

Noun

善男 • (seonnam) (hangeul 선남)

Hanja form^? of 선남 (“(Buddhism) a pious man”).

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