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*) /
simp. (台风*)
anagram 風颱风台
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Etymology

Debated. Various theories include:

  • Compound of (“violent wind”) and (“wind”). The former is a word attested from the eighteenth century.
  • Compound of (“Taiwan”) and (“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: m c;  m c)

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Sino-Xenic (颱風):
  • Korean: 태풍(颱風) (Taepung)
  • Indonesian: taifun
  • See also

    References

    • 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “15 台风”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 292.

    Japanese

    Kanji in this term
    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 tropical storm, with wind speeds over 34 knots (17 m/s).
    (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

    Noun

    颱風 (taepung) (hangeul 태풍)

    1. hanja form? of 태풍 (typhoon)