雲浮
See also: 云浮
Chinese
cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname | to float | ||
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trad. (雲浮) | 雲 | 浮 | |
simp. (云浮) | 云 | 浮 | |
anagram | 浮雲/浮云 |
Etymology
The first syllable 雲/云 (yún) (pronounced wan4 in Cantonese) is possibly cognate with Zhuang vunz (“person”) (Shao, 2015). There are many toponyms in Guangdong with 雲/云 (yún) as their first character.
On the other hand, the second syllable 浮 (fú) is possibly cognate with Zhuang faexbaeuz (“Pleioblastus amarus”, a plant commonly found in the area, known as 苦竹 in Chinese) (Shao, 2015), so 雲浮/云浮 (Yúnfú) may mean "the people who plant Pleioblastus amarus", making the toponym possibly phono-semantic matching of Kra-Dai substrate words.
Pronunciation
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