黃泉

See also: 黄泉

Chinese

		yellow	fountain; spring
trad. (黃泉)		黃	泉
simp. (黄泉)		黄	泉
Literally: “yellow spring”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ cyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-choân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángcyuán
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-chʻüan²
    • Yale: hwáng-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangchyuan
    • Palladius: хуанцюань (xuancjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ cyun⁴
    • Yale: wòhng chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-choân
    • Tâi-lô: hông-tsuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongzoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡suan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡suan²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 黃泉

1. underground spring
2. (figuratively) underworld; the land of the dead

Synonyms

• (underworld): (figuratively, euphemism, colloquial, jocular) 老家 (lǎojiā), 陰間／阴间 (yīnjiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (黃泉):

• → Japanese: 黄(こう)泉(せん) (kōsen)
• → Korean: 황천(黃泉) (hwangcheon)
• → Vietnamese: hoàng tuyền (黃泉)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: suối vàng (calque)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
黃	泉
こう Jinmeiyō	せん Grade: 6
kan'on

Kanji in this term
黃	泉
よみ
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 6
jukujikun

Noun

(alternative reading hiragana よみ, rōmaji yomi)

1. Kyūjitai form of 黄泉 (kōsen, yomi): the land of the dead, afterworld, underworld

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Korean

Hanja in this term
黃	泉

Noun

黃泉 • (hwangcheon) (hangeul 황천)

1. Hanja form^? of 황천 (“underworld”).

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Old Japanese

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *yəməy.

The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 黃泉 (MC hwang dzjwen, literally “yellow springs”), incorporating the underworld from Chinese mythology.

Noun

黃泉 (yo₂mi₂) (kana よみ)

1. (Shinto mythology) the land of the dead, afterworld, underworld

Derived terms

• 黃泉つ (yo₂mo₂ tu)
• 蘇る (yo₂mi₂gape₁ru)
• 黃泉路 (yo₂mi₂di)

Descendants

• Japanese: 黄泉 (yomi)

Coordinate terms

• 葦原の中つ國 (asipara no₂ nakatukuni)
• 高天原 (takama no₂ para)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
黃	泉

Noun

黃泉

1. chữ Hán form of hoàng tuyền (“underworld”).