雲南

See also: 云南

Chinese

cloud; (abbr.) for Yunnan; surname south
trad. (雲南)
simp. (云南)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (35) (8)
Final () (59) (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
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

From the abbreviation of 雲嶺云岭 (Yúnlǐng, “Yunling Mountains”) + (nán, “south”) to mean "the south of the Yunling Mountains", referring to the location of the ancient county after which the province was named. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Proper noun

雲南

  1. () Yunnan (a province in southwest China)
  2. () (historical) Yunnan (a former county of Yunnan province, China; now Xiangyun county, Yunnan)
Derived terms
  • 雲南驛云南驿

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

雲南

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

Japanese

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

Proper noun

(うん)(なん) (Unnan) 

  1. Yunnan (a province of China)
  2. a place name, such as that of Un'nan City in Shimane Prefecture

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

雲南 (Unnam) (hangeul 운남)

  1. Hanja form? of 운남 (Yunnan).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Proper noun

雲南

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