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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/08/12 16:52 UTC 版)
Borrowed from Mandarin 湖南 (Húnán) Wade-Giles romanization: Hu²-nan², literally “south of the lake”, referring to Lake Dongting. Doublet of Honam.
Hunan
Hu Nan
Hu'nan
The misspelling Hu'nan attempts to make clear that 湖南 (Húnán) is made up of the two Mandarin syllables hu and nan instead of hun and an.[1] However, in theory, this clarification is not needed because the syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號/隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)) should only be added before a non-initial syllable beginning with a, o, or e. Hence, Hunan could only ever refer to a word made up of hu and nan since a word made up of hun and an would be spelled as Hun'an. In practice, syllable-dividing marks are often added or omitted at will.