白雲

See also: 白云

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (白雲)		白	雲
simp. (白云)		白	云

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ wan⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hûn / pe̍eh-hûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁸ hung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiyún
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-yün²
    • Yale: bái-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyun
    • Palladius: байюнь (bajjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ wan⁴
    • Yale: baahk wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² wɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hûn
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqhuun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hun²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-hûn
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-hûn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hun¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁸ hung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h hûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ⁴⁻² huŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: baek hjun

Rime
Character	白	雲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	傍陌切	王分切
Baxter	baek	hjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/ɦɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/ɦiun/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/ɣiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/ɦun/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/ɣiuən/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/ɣĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/i̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	yún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	wan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*bˤrak  [ɢ]ʷə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*braːɡ  ɢun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	白	雲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bái	yún
Middle Chinese	‹ bæk ›	‹ hjun ›
Old Chinese	/*bˁrak/	/*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/
English	white	cloud
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	白	雲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	207	16358
Phonetic component	白	云
Rime group	鐸	文
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	白	雲
Old Chinese	/*braːɡ/	/*ɢun/

Noun

白雲

1. white cloud

Derived terms

• 山中白雲／山中白云
• 白雲孤飛／白云孤飞
• 白雲岩／白云岩 (báiyúnyán)
• 白雲石／白云石 (báiyúnshí)
• 白雲蒼狗／白云苍狗 (báiyún-cānggǒu)
• 白雲親舍／白云亲舍
• 白雲鄉／白云乡
• 藍天白雲／蓝天白云 (lántiānbáiyún)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白雲):

• → Japanese: 白(はく)雲(うん) (hakūn)
• → Korean: 백운(白雲) (baegun)

Proper noun

白雲

1. (～區) Baiyun (a district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
2. (～區) Baiyun (a district of Guiyang, Guizhou, China)
3. (～山) Baiyun Mountain (a mountain range in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
4. (～礦區) Short for 白雲鄂博／白云鄂博 (Báiyún Èbó, “Bayan Obo”).
5. (～村) Baiyun (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan)

Synonyms

• (Baiyun Mountain): 雲山／云山 (Yúnshān)

See also

• (ranges): 大庾 (Dàyǔ), 南嶺／南岭 (Nánlǐng)
• (peaks): 摩星 (Móxīng)

References

• “Entry #52972”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.