雲雨

See also: 云雨

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúnyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùn-yí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hûn-hǒ͘ / hûn-hō͘ / hûn-ú / ûn-ú / în-í

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúnyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yün²-yü³
    • Yale: yún-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunyeu
    • Palladius: юньюй (junʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: wàhn yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùn-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: iun^ˇ i^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun² yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯un¹¹ i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùn-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun^ˇ (r)i^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun² yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un¹¹ (j)i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-hǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: hûn-hǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: hûn-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunho
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³⁻²² hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /hun²⁴⁻²¹ hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³⁻³³ hɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-ú
    • Tâi-lô: hûn-ú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hun'uo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun²⁴⁻²² u⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴⁻¹¹ u⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³⁻³³ u⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûn-ú
    • Tâi-lô: ûn-ú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: un'uo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un²⁴⁻²² u⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: în-í
    • Tâi-lô: în-í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: in'ie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in¹³⁻²² i⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjun hjuX

Rime
Character	雲	雨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	王分切	王矩切
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	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan4	jyu5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[n]  C.ɢʷ(r)aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢun  ɢʷaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雲	雨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yún	yǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ hjun ›	‹ hjuX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/	/*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. *[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	雲	雨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	16358	15952
Phonetic component	云	雨
Rime group	文	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	雲	羽
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)