昆明

Chinese

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

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kun¹ min²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Kŏng-mìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Khun-bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kung¹ mêng⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khuen-min

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kūnmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kunmíng
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻun¹-ming²
    • Yale: Kwūn-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuenming
    • Palladius: Куньмин (Kunʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: kwān mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kûn-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gun´ minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gun¹ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /kun²⁴ min¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kun¹ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³⁵ min¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Kŏng-mìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰouŋ⁵⁵ miŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (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
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ³³⁻²³ meŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹khuen-min
    • MiniDict: khuen^平 min
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khun-min
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuən⁵⁵ min²¹/

Proper noun

昆明

1. (～市) Kunming (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Yunnan, in southwestern China)

Derived terms

• 昆明劫灰
• 昆明山海棠 (Kūnmíng shānhǎitáng)
• 昆明池
• 昆明湖 (Kūnmíng Hú)
• 昆明灰

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (昆明):

• → Japanese: 昆(こん)明(めい) (Konmei)
• → Vietnamese: Côn Minh (昆明)

• → English: Kunming
• → Hungarian: Kunming
• → Portuguese: Kunming
• → Russian: Куньми́н (Kunʹmín)
• → Spanish: Kunming

Japanese

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

Proper noun

昆(こん)明(めい) • (Konmei) 

1. Kunming (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Yunnan, in southwestern China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
昆	明

Proper noun

昆明

1. chữ Hán form of Côn Minh (“Kunming”).