雲石

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Chinese

Yunfu rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (雲石) 雲 石
simp. (云石) 云 石

Etymology

Named after 雲浮／云浮 (Yúnfú, “Yunfu”), a city in Guangdong known for producing marble.

Pronunciation

Note: Shantou, Singapore.

Noun

雲石

  1. (chiefly Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, geology) marble

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大理石 (“marble”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 大理岩, 大理石
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 大理石
Cantonese Guangzhou 雲石
Hong Kong 雲石
Taishan 雲石
Kaiping (Chikan) 雲石
Dongguan 雲石
Gan Nanchang 大理石
Hakka Meixian 大理石, 雲石
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 雲石
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 大理石
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 大理石
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 大理石
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 大理石
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 大理石
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 大理石
Southern Min Xiamen 石石, 大理石
Quanzhou 石石, 大理石
Jinjiang 石石
Zhangzhou 石石, 大理石
Taipei 大理石 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 雲石
Manila (Hokkien) 石石
Shantou 大理石, 雲石
Singapore (Teochew) 雲石
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 大理石, 雲石
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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