昆明

昆明

Chinese

		descendant; elder brother	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (昆明)		昆	明

Etymology

Originally the endonym of an ethnic group living in what is now western Yunnan province and southwestern Sichuan province.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kūnmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûn-mìn
• Min Dong (BUC): Kŏng-mìng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Khun-bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kung¹ mêng⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): khun min (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Kūnmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuenming
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: kwān mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ ming⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûn-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gun´ minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gun¹ min²
    • IPA: /kun²⁴ min¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Kŏng-mìng
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰouŋ⁵⁵ miŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khun-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: Khun-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qunbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kung¹ mêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khung mêng
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ³³⁻²³ meŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: khun min (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɯə̯ɲ⁵⁵ mɪɲ²¹/

Proper noun

昆明

1. (～市) Kunming (a city, the provincial capital of Yunnan, China)

Derived terms

昆明山海棠 (Kūnmíng shānhǎitáng) 昆明池

昆明湖 (Kūnmíng Hú)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
昆	明
こん Grade: S	めい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

昆明 (hiragana こんめい, rōmaji Konmei)

1. Kunming