雲雨

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See also: 云雨

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (35) (35)
Final () (59) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter hjun hjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨun/ /ɦɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiun/ /ɦioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuən/ /ɣioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦun/ /ɦuə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuən/ /ɣioX/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭuən/ /ɣĭuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯uən/ /i̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wan4 jyu5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yún
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjun › ‹ hjuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʷə/ /*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. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 16358 15952
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢun/ /*ɢʷaʔ/

Noun

雲雨

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

Synonyms

  • (lovemaking): 房事 (fángshì)

Descendants

  • Vietnamese: mây mưa (calque)