雲浮

See also: 云浮

Chinese

		cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	to float
trad. (雲浮)		雲	浮
simp. (云浮)		云	浮
anagram		浮雲／浮云

Etymology

The first syllable 雲／云 (yún) (pronounced wan4 in Cantonese) is possibly cognate with Zhuang vunz (“person”) (Shao, 2015). There are many toponyms in Guangdong with 雲／云 (yún) as their first character.

On the other hand, the second syllable 浮 (fú) is possibly cognate with Zhuang faexbaeuz (“Pleioblastus amarus”, a plant commonly found in the area, known as 苦竹 in Chinese) (Shao, 2015), so 雲浮／云浮 (Yúnfú) may mean "the people who plant Pleioblastus amarus", making the toponym possibly phono-semantic matching of Kra-Dai substrate words.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yúnfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wan⁴ fau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vun³ feu³

• Eastern Min (BUC): Hùng-pù
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hûn-phû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yúnfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yúnfú
    • Wade–Giles: Yün²-fu²
    • Yale: Yún-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yunfwu
    • Palladius: Юньфу (Junʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ fau⁴
    • Yale: wàhn fàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ fau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ feo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ fɐu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vun³ feu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vun²² feu²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hùng-pù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(pʰ-)mu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hûn-phû
    • Tâi-lô: Hûn-phû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunphuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³⁻²² pʰu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³⁻³³ pʰu²³/

Proper noun

雲浮

1. (～市) Yunfu (a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China)

Synonyms

• (historical) 東安／东安 (Dōng'ān)

Descendants

• → English: Wanfow, Yunfu