颱風
Chinese
| typhoon | wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (颱風/台風*) | 颱/台 | 風 | |
| simp. (台风*) | 台 | 风 | |
| anagram | 風颱／风台 | ||
Etymology
Debated. Various theories include:
- Compound of 颱 (“violent wind”) and 風 (“wind”). The former is a word attested from the eighteenth century.
- Compound of 台 (“Taiwan”) and 風 (“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
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 颱風 (“typhoon”) [map]
Derived terms
- 中度颱風／中度台风
- 刮颱風／刮台风
- 海上颱風警報／海上台风警报
- 納莉颱風／纳莉台风
- 超級颱風／超级台风
- 輕度颱風／轻度台风
- 颱風尾／台风尾
- 颱風眼／台风眼
- 颱風草／台风草
- 颱風警報／台风警报
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 颱 | 風 |
| たい Hyōgaiji |
ふう Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 颱風 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 颱風, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.) |
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