宿霧

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sùwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ mou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sok-bū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sùwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sùwù
    • Wade–Giles: Su⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: Sù-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suhwuh
    • Palladius: Суу (Suu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ mou⁶
    • Yale: sūk mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ mou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sok-bū
    • Tâi-lô: Sok-bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokbu
    • IPA (Philippines): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bu⁴¹/

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (宿霧)		宿	霧
simp. (宿雾)		宿	雾
alternative forms		宿務／宿务 束務／束务

From Cebuano Sugbo, via Hokkien.

Proper noun

宿霧

1. (～省) Cebu (a province of the Philippines)
2. (～市, formerly ～埠) Cebu City (a city in Cebu, Philippines)

Derived terms

• 宿霧語／宿雾语 (Sùwùyǔ)

 

Etymology 2

		night	fog; mist
trad. (宿霧)		宿	霧
simp. (宿雾)		宿	雾

Noun

宿霧

1. (obsolete) mist at night-time

   • 朝霞開宿霧，眾鳥相與飛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     朝霞开宿雾，众鸟相与飞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 426, Tao Yuanming (陶潛),《詠貧士七首（其一）》, title translated as A Poor Scholar by Xu Yuanchong

     Zhāoxiá kāi sùwù, zhòng niǎo xiāngyǔ fēi. [Pinyin]

     Morning clouds rise from the mist of night;
     All birds fly to welcome the day.