下南兄

Chinese

		southern Fujian province; Minnan region	elder brother
simp. and trad. (下南兄)		下南	兄

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): or⁵ nang² hia¹

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: or⁵ nang² hia¹ [Phonetic: or⁵ nang⁵ mia¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ō̤-náng-hiaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒ¹¹ naŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(h-)mia⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: or⁵ nang² hia¹ [Phonetic: or⁵ nang⁵ mia¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒ²¹ naŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(h-)mia⁵⁴⁴/

Noun

下南兄

Minnan people; a person from southern Fujian (especially male)
下南兄看走馬燈 [Puxian Min, trad.]
下南兄看走马灯 [Puxian Min, simp.]
or⁵ nang² hia¹ kua⁴ zau³ bor³ deng¹ [Pouseng Ping'ing]
outsiders find local things fresh
(Literally, “Minnan people watch the revolving lantern”)

Synonyms

南兄

Coordinate terms

下南婆

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “下南兄”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 422.