颱風

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See also: 台風 and 台风

Chinese

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typhoon
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
trad. (颱風/台風*) /
simp. (台风*)
anagram 風颱风台
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Etymology

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Debated. Various theories include:

  • Compound of (“violent wind”) and (“wind”). The former is a word attested from the eighteenth century.
  • Compound of (“Taiwan”) and (“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

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Noun

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颱風

  1. typhoon (Classifier: m c;  m c)

Usage notes

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (颱風):
  • Korean: 태풍(颱風) (Taepung)
  • Indonesian: taifun
  • See also

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    Japanese

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    Kanji in this term
    たい
    Hyōgai
    ふう
    Grade: 2
    on'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 颱風 – see the following entry.
    台風たいふう
    [noun] (meteorology, weather) a typhoon
    [noun] (generally) a storm; a cyclone; a hurricane; willy-willy
    (This term, 颱風, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

    Korean

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    Hanja in this term

    Noun

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    颱風 (taepung) (hangeul 태풍)

    1. hanja form? of 태풍 (typhoon)