颱風
See also: 台風 and 台风
Chinese
| typhoon | 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
Noun
颱風
- typhoon (Classifier: 場／场 m c; 個／个 m c)
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with 臺風／台风 (táifēng).
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 颱風 (“typhoon”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 颶, 颶風 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 颱風 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 颱風 |
| Taiwan | 颱風 | |
| Tianjin | 颱風 | |
| Harbin | 颱風 | |
| Jinan | 颱風 | |
| Muping | 颱風 | |
| Xuzhou | 颱風 | |
| Lanzhou | 颱風 | |
| Ürümqi | 颱風 | |
| Wuhan | 颱風 | |
| Chengdu | 颱風 | |
| Liuzhou | 颱風 | |
| Yangzhou | 颱風 | |
| Nanjing | 颱風 | |
| Malaysia | 颱風 | |
| Singapore | 颱風 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 颱風, 風舊 dated |
| Hong Kong | 颱風 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 大風 | |
| Foshan | 颱風 | |
| Shunde | 颱風 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 風颱 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 颱風 | |
| Doumen | 颱風 | |
| Taishan | 颱風 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 颱風 | |
| Dongguan | 颱風 | |
| Nanning | 颱風 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 颱風, 颶風 dated |
| Lichuan | 颱風 | |
| Pingxiang | 颱風 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 打風搓 |
| Xingning | 颱風 | |
| Yudu | 㾭螺風 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 風搓 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 風搓 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 風搓 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 風搓 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 風搓, 颱風 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 颱風, 大風 | |
| Hong Kong | 風搓 | |
| Sabah | 暴風 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 颱風 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 颱風 |
| Xinzhou | 颱風 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 風颱 |
| Jianyang | 颱風 | |
| Shibei | 颱風 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 風颱 |
| Changle | 風颱 | |
| Fuqing | 風颱, 風災 | |
| Yongtai | 風颱 | |
| Gutian | 風颱 | |
| Fu'an | 風颱 | |
| Ningde | 風颱 | |
| Shouning | 風颱, 颱風 | |
| Zhouning | 風颱 | |
| Fuding | 風颱 | |
| Matsu | 風颱 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 風颱 |
| Quanzhou | 風颱 | |
| Zhangzhou | 風颱 | |
| Taipei | 風颱 | |
| Kaohsiung | 風颱 | |
| Tainan | 風颱 | |
| Taichung | 風颱 | |
| Wuqi | 風颱 | |
| Hsinchu | 風颱 | |
| Taitung | 風颱 | |
| Lukang | 風颱 | |
| Yilan | 風颱 | |
| Magong | 風颱 | |
| Penang | 風颱 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 風颱 | |
| Pingnan | 颱風 | |
| Chaozhou | 風颱 | |
| Shantou | 風颱 | |
| Haifeng | 風颱 | |
| Wenchang | 風颱 | |
| Haikou | 風颱 | |
| Leizhou | 風颱 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 風颱 |
| Xianyou | 大風 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 颱風 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 颱風 |
| Suzhou | 颱風 | |
| Hangzhou | 颱風 | |
| Wenzhou | 風颸, 風水 | |
| Chongming | 颱風 | |
| Danyang | 颱風, 悶子風 | |
| Jinhua | 颱風 | |
| Ningbo | 風水 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 颱風 |
| Quanzhou | 颱風 | |
Derived terms
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 颱 | 風 |
| たい Hyōgaiji | ふう Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | |
Noun
颱風 (hiragana たいふう, rōmaji taifū)
- Rare form of 台風.
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 颱 | 風 |
Noun
颱風 • (taepung) (hangeul 태풍)
- Hanja form? of 태풍 (“typhoon”).