雲南

See also: 云南

Chinese

		cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	south
trad. (雲南)		雲	南
simp. (云南)		云	南

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yúnnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wan⁴ naam⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vun³ nam³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Yùn-nàm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yun² nam²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Hùng-nàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hûn-lâm / În-lâm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hung⁵ lam⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yun-noe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yúnnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yúnnán
    • Wade–Giles: Yün²-nan²
    • Yale: Yún-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yunnan
    • Palladius: Юньнань (Junʹnanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ naam⁴
    • Yale: wàhn nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ naːm²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vun³ nam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vun²² ⁿdam²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yùn-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: iunˇ namˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun² nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯un¹¹ nam¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yùn-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iunˇ namˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun² nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un¹¹ nam¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yun² nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /iun¹¹ nam¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hùng-nàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵³⁻³³ nˡaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hûn-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: Hûn-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunlaam
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hun²⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³⁻²² lam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³⁻³³ lam²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: În-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: În-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: inlaam
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in¹³⁻²² lam¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hung⁵ lam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hûng lâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lam⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶yun-noe
    • MiniDict: yuin^去 noe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhyn-noe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyn²² nø⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hjun nom

Rime
Character	雲	南
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	王分切	那含切
Baxter	hjun	nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨun/	/nʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiun/	/nəm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuən/	/nɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦun/	/nəm/
Li Rong	/ɣiuən/	/nᴀm/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuən/	/nɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uən/	/năm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yún	nán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan4	naam4

Etymology 1

Unclear. First attested in the Book of Han as a county under 益州郡, located in modern-day Xiangyun county, Yunnan.

Proper noun

雲南

1. (～省) Yunnan (a province in southwest China)
2. (～縣) (historical) Yunnan (a former county of Yunnan province, China; now Xiangyun county, Yunnan)

   • 雲南縣有神鹿，兩頭，能食毒草。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     云南县有神鹿，两头，能食毒草。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Yúnnán xiàn yǒu shén lù, liǎng tóu, néng shí dúcǎo. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 雲南地不容／云南地不容 (Yúnnán dìbùróng)
• 雲南白藥／云南白药 (yúnnán báiyào)
• 雲南驛／云南驿

 

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 雲南(うんなん) (Unnan).

Proper noun

雲南

1. (～市) Unnan (a city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雲	南
うん Grade: 2	なん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 雲南／云南 (Yúnnán)

Proper noun

雲(うん)南(なん) • (Unnan) 

1. Yunnan (a province of China)

Etymology 2

Analyzable as a compound of 雲 (un, “Short for 出雲”) +‎ 南 (nan, “south”). Thus the term can be translated literally as "Southern part of Izumo Province".

Proper noun

雲(うん)南(なん) • (Unnan) 

1. Unnan (a city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan)

Korean

Hanja in this term
雲	南

Proper noun

雲南 • (Unnam) (hangeul 운남)

1. Hanja form^? of 운남 (“Yunnan”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
雲	南

Proper noun

雲南

1. chữ Hán form of Vân Nam (“Yunnan”).