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


Proper noun

雲浮

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

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → English: Wanfow, Yunfu
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