颱風

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See also: 台風 and 台风

Chinese

typhoon
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
trad. (颱風/台風*) 颱/台 風
simp. (台风*) 台 风
anagram 風颱／风台
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Etymology

Debated. Various theories include:

  • Compound of 颱 (“violent wind”) and 風 (“wind”). The former is a word attested from the eighteenth century.
  • Compound of 台 (“Taiwan”) and 風 (“wind”), as most typhoons affecting the southeastern coast of China appear to have originated from the direction of Taiwan.
  • Phono-semantic matching of English typhoon, in turn from southern Chinese (Cantonese or Hakka) 大風 (“windstorm”).

For more on the historical records of typhoons in China, see Louie and Liu (2003).

Pronunciation

Noun

颱風

  1. typhoon (Classifier: 場／场 m c; 個／个 m c)

Usage notes

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 颱風 (“typhoon”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 颶, 颶風
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 颱風
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 颱風
Taiwan 颱風
Harbin 颱風
Malaysia 颱風
Singapore 颱風
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 颱風
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 颱風
Central Plains Mandarin Xuzhou 颱風
Qimen (Anling; Junhua) 颱風
Lanyin Mandarin Lanzhou 颱風
Ürümqi 颱風
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 颱風
Wuhan 颱風
Guilin 颱風
Guilin (Lingui) 颱風
Liuzhou 颱風
Liuzhou (Luorong) 颱風
Dagudi (Maliba) 颱風
Reshuitang (Longling) 颱風
Mae Salong (Lancang) 颱風
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 颱風
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 颱風
Yangzhou 颱風
Mandarin Nanping (Yanping) 風颱
Cantonese Guangzhou 颱風, 風嚿 dated
Hong Kong 颱風, 風
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 大風
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 風暴
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 大風, 風搓
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 風搓
Macau 颱風
Guangzhou (Panyu) 颱風
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 颱風
Guangzhou (Conghua) 颱風
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 蛟仔過天
Foshan 颱風
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 颱風
Foshan (Shunde) 颱風
Foshan (Sanshui) 颱風
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 風颶
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 風颱
Zhongshan (Chongkoumen, Nanlang; Tanka) 風嚿
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 風颱
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 颱風
Zhuhai (Doumen) 颱風
Jiangmen (Baisha) 風姑
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 颱風
Taishan 颱風
Kaiping (Chikan) 颱風
Enping (Niujiang) 颱風
Heshan (Yayao) 颱風
Dongguan 颱風
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 颱風
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 颱風
Nanning 颱風
Guiping 颱風
Guiping (Jintian) 颱風
Guiping (Jiangkou) 颱風
Guiping (Madong) 颱風
Pingnan (Danzhu) 颱風
Mengshan (Xihe) 颱風
Guigang (Nanjiang) 颱風
Beiliu (Tangliao) 颱風
Baise 颱風
Bobai 颱風
Lingshan 颱風
Pubei 颱風
Qinzhou 颱風
Beihai 颱風
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 期風
Ningming 颱風
Hengzhou 颱風
Lingchuan (Yangjia) 颱風
Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) 颱風
Penang (Guangfu) 颱風
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 颱風
Móng Cái 颱風
Gan Nanchang 颱風, 颶風 dated
Pengze 颱風
Lichuan 颱風
Pingxiang 颱風
Hakka Meixian 颱風, 風搓
Xingning 颱風
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 風颱
Dongguan (Qingxi) 颱風
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 颱風
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 風搓
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 風颱
Nanxiong (Zhuji) 颱風
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 颱風
Jiexi 風搓
Luhe 風搓
Liancheng (Peitian) 颱風
Yudu 㾭螺風
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 風搓
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 風搓
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 風搓
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 風搓
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 風搓, 颱風
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 颱風, 大風
Hong Kong 風搓
Bobai (Shahe) 颱風
Bobai (Lingping) 颱風, 龍捲風
Beiliu (Tang'an) 颱風
Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang) 颱風
Xingye (Gaofeng) 颱風
Mashan (Pianlian) 颱風
Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) 颱風
Guidong 颱風
Sabah (Longchuan) 暴風
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 颱風
Huizhou Jixi 颱風
Qimen (Anling; Minhua) 颱風
Jin Taiyuan 颱風
Xinzhou 颱風
Northern Min Jian'ou 風颱
Jianyang 颱風
Pucheng (Shibei) 颱風
Eastern Min Fuzhou 風颱
Fuzhou (Changle) 風颱
Fuqing 風颱, 風災
Yongtai 風颱
Gutian 風颱
Pingnan 風颱
Fu'an 風颱
Ningde 風颱
Xiapu 風颱
Zherong 風颱
Shouning 風颱, 颱風
Zhouning 風颱
Fuding 風颱
Matsu 風颱
Southern Min Xiamen 風颱
Quanzhou 風颱
Jinjiang 風颱
Anxi 颱風, 風颱
Zhangzhou 風颱
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 風颱
Zhangpu 風颱
Taipei 風颱
Kaohsiung 風颱
Yilan 風颱
Changhua (Lukang) 風颱
Taichung 風颱
Taichung (Wuqi) 風颱
Tainan 風颱
Taitung 風颱
Hsinchu 風颱
Penghu (Magong) 風颱
Penang (Hokkien) 風颱
Singapore (Hokkien) 風颱
Manila (Hokkien) 風颱
Datian 颱風
Pingnan (Shangdu) 颱風
Pingnan (Sijie) 颱風
Guiping (Xiaowen) 颱風
Guiping (Dongsheng) 颱風
Pingle (Zhoutang) 颱風
Lechang (Tatou) 颱風
Renhua (Changshabei) 颱風
Yingde (Yuzui) 風颱
Yunan (Liantan) 風颱
Yuhuan (Kanmen) 風颱
Chaozhou 風颱
Shantou 風颱
Shantou (Chenghai) 風颱
Shantou (Chaoyang) 風颱
Jieyang 風颱
Puning 風颱
Lufeng 風颱
Haifeng 風颱
Bangkok (Teochew) 颱風, 風颱
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 風颱
Hat Yai (Teochew) 風颱
Singapore (Teochew) 風颱
Pontianak (Teochew) 風颱
Leizhou 風颱
Wenchang 風颱
Haikou 風颱
Qionghai 風颱
Puxian Min Putian 風颱
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 風颱, 颱風
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 風颱
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 颱風
Xianyou 颱風
Xianyou (Fengting) 風颱
Xianyou (Youyang) 大風
Central Min Yong'an 風颱
Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) 颱風
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 風颱
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 風颱
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 颱風
Nanning (Shajing) 颱風
Binyang (Xinqiao) 颱風
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Chaoyang) 颱風
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 颱風
Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) 颱風
Lingchuan (Sanjie) 颱風
Lingchuan (Gaoqiao) 颱風
Lingchuan (Tanxia) 颱風
Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) 颱風
Yangshuo (Jima) 颱風
Shehua Cangnan 風災
Jingning (Hexi) 大風
Lishui 龍風
Longyou 龍風
Hangzhou (Lin'an) 颱風
Wu Shanghai 颱風, 風潮 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 颱風
Suzhou 颱風
Suzhou (Wujiang) 颱風
Danyang 颱風, 悶子風
Hangzhou 颱風
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 龍風
Ningbo 風水, 颱風, 風颱 dated
Linhai 風颸
Yuhuan (Damaiyu) 風颸
Yuhuan (Chumen) 颱風
Wenzhou 風颸, 風水
Jinhua 颱風
Xiang Changsha 颱風
Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) 颱風
Quanzhou 颱風
Guanyang (Wenshi) 颱風
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) 颱風

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (颱風):
  • → Korean: 태풍(颱風) (Taepung)
  • ⇒ Indonesian: taifun

    • See also

    Japanese

    Kanji in this term
    颱 風
    たい
    Hyōgai     		ふう
    Grade: 2
    on'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 颱風 – see the following entry.
    【台風たいふう】
    (meteorology, weather) a typhoon
    (generally) a storm; a cyclone; a hurricane; willy willy
    (This term, 颱風, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

    Korean

    Hanja in this term
    颱風

    Noun

    颱風 • (taepung) (hangeul 태풍)

    1. hanja form? of 태풍 (“typhoon”)
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