昆明

Chinese

		descendant; elder brother	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (昆明)		昆	明
simp. ^#(昆明)		昆	明

Etymology

Originally the endonym of an ethnic group living in what is now western Yunnan province and southwestern Sichuan province.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Kūnmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ ming⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Kûn-mìn

(Meixian, Guangdong): kun¹ min²
Min Dong (BUC): Kŏng-mìng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Khun-bêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): kung¹ mêng⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹khun-min

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Kūnmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Kunmíng
  - Wade–Giles: Kʻun¹-ming²
  - Yale: Kwūn-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuenming
  - Palladius: Куньмин (Kunʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰwən⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwan¹ ming⁴
  - Yale: kwān mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kûn-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gun´ minˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gun¹ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /kun²⁴ min¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kun¹ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³⁵ min¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Kŏng-mìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰouŋ⁵⁵ miŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khun-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: Khun-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qunbeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kung¹ mêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khung mêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ³³⁻²³ meŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹khun-min
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɯə̯ɲ⁵⁵ mɪɲ²¹/

Proper noun

昆明

(～市) Kunming (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Yunnan, in southwestern China)

Derived terms

昆明山海棠 (Kūnmíng shānhǎitáng)
昆明池

昆明湖 (Kūnmíng Hú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昆	明
こん Grade: S	めい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

昆(こん)明(めい) • (Konmei)

Kunming (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Yunnan, in southwestern China)

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