雲雨

See also: 云雨

Chinese

	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	rain
trad. (雲雨)	雲	雨
simp. (云雨)	云	雨
anagram	雨雲／雨云

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúnyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ jyu⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùn-yí
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hûn-hǒ͘ / hûn-hō͘ / hûn-ú / ûn-ú / în-í

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúnyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: yün²-yü³
  - Yale: yún-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunyeu
  - Palladius: юньюй (junʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: wàhn yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ jyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùn-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: iun^ˇ i^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun² yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯un¹¹ i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùn-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun^ˇ (r)i^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun² yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un¹¹ (j)i³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-hǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: hûn-hǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: hûn-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hunho
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³⁻²² hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hun²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /hun²⁴⁻²¹ hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³⁻³³ hɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-ú
  - Tâi-lô: hûn-ú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hun'uo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun²⁴⁻²² u⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴⁻¹¹ u⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³⁻³³ u⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûn-ú
  - Tâi-lô: ûn-ú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: un'uo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /un²⁴⁻²² u⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: în-í
  - Tâi-lô: în-í
  - Phofsit Daibuun: in'ie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in¹³⁻²² i⁵³/

Middle Chinese: hjun hjuX

Rime
Character	雲	雨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	王分切	王矩切
Baxter	hjun	hjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨun/	/ɦɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiun/	/ɦio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuən/	/ɣio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦun/	/ɦuə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ɣiuən/	/ɣio^X/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuən/	/ɣĭu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯uən/	/i̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yún	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan⁴	jyu⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[n] C.ɢʷ(r)aʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢun ɢʷaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雲	雨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yún	yǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ hjun ›	‹ hju^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/	/*C.ɢʷ(r)aʔ/
English	cloud	rain
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雲	雨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	16358	15952
Phonetic component	云	雨
Rime group	文	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	雲	羽
Old Chinese	/*ɢun/	/*ɢʷaʔ/

Noun

雲雨

clouds and rain
(figurative) favour bestowed by a monarch or high-ranking official
(figurative) lovemaking

Synonyms

(lovemaking): 房事 (fángshì)

Descendants

→ Vietnamese: mây mưa (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雲	雨
うん Grade: 2	う Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

雲(うん)雨(う) • (un'u)

clouds and rain
(figurative, literary) an opportunity to undertake a great project
(figurative, literary) relations between men and women

Derived terms

巫山雲雨(ふざんうんう) (fuzan'un'u)