雲南

See also: 云南

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yúnnán

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wan⁴ naam⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vun³ nam³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Yùn-nàm

(Hailu, HRS): rhun nam

(Meixian, Guangdong): yun² nam²
Eastern Min (BUC): Hùng-nàng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ong² nang² / uong² nang²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Hûn-lâm / În-lâm

(Teochew, Peng'im): hung⁵ lam⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yun-noe

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: iun^ˇ nam^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun² nam²
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯un¹¹ nam¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yùn-nàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun^ˇ nam^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun² nam²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un¹¹ nam¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhun nam
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒun⁵⁵ nam⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yun² nam²
  - Sinological IPA: /iun¹¹ nam¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Hùng-nàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵³⁻³³ nˡaŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ong² nang² [Phonetic: ong⁵ nang²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Eóng-náng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔŋ¹³⁻¹¹ naŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: uong² nang² [Phonetic: uong⁵ nang²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ²⁴⁻²¹ naŋ²⁴/
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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yun-noe
  - MiniDict: yuin^去 noe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhyn-noe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyn²² nø⁴⁴/

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/
Bernhard 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

(～省) Yunnan (a province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam)
(～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

Descendants

→ English: Yunnan
→ Manchu: ᠶᡡᠨ
ᠨᠠᠨ (yūn nan)

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

雲南

(～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)

Yunnan (a province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam)

Etymology 2

Analyzable as a compound of 雲 (un, “clipping of 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)

Unnan (a city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan)

Korean

Hanja in this term
雲	南

Proper noun

雲南 • (Unnam) (hangeul 운남)

hanja form^? of 운남 : Yunnan (a province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
雲	南

Proper noun

雲南

chữ Hán form of Vân Nam: Yunnan (a province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam)