颱風

See also: 台風 and 台风

Chinese

	typhoon	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (颱風/台風^*)	颱/台	風
simp. (台风^*)	台	风
anagram	風颱／风台

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颱風

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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): táifēng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄈㄥ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tai² fong¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴ fung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'tai² fung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thòi-fûng

(Meixian, Guangdong): toi² fung¹
Jin (Wiktionary): tai¹ feng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thai-hong / thai-hoang
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶de-fon₁ / ²de-fon₁ / ⁶de₂-fon₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: táifēng → táifeng (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄈㄥ → ㄊㄞˊ ˙ㄈㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: táifo̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai²-fêng⁵
  - Yale: tái-feng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tair.feng
  - Palladius: тайфэн (tajfɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/ → /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ fɤŋ³/
  - Homophones:
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    臺風／台风
    颱風／台风
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: táifēngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄈㄥㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: táifongr
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai²-fêng¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: tái-fēngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairfengl
  - Palladius: тайфэнр (tajfɛnr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ fɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: tai² fong¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: taifung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹ foŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: toi⁴ fung¹
  - Yale: tòih fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    臺風／台风
    颱風／台风
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'tai² fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈtʰai²⁴ fuŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thòi-fûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: toi^ˇ fung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: toi² fung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: toi² fung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰoɪ¹¹ fʊŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: tai¹ feng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰai¹¹ fə̃ŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thai-hong
  - Tâi-lô: thai-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tai'hofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰai⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thai-hoang
  - Tâi-lô: thai-huang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tai'hoafng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai³³ huaŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶de-fon₁
  - MiniDict: de^去 fon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³de-fon₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² foŋ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²de-fon₁
  - MiniDict: de^平 fon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /de²² foŋ³³/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁶de₂-fon₁
  - MiniDict: de^平 fon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /de²² foŋ⁵³/

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	颱風
	Taiwan	颱風
	Harbin	颱風
	Malaysia	颱風
	Singapore	颱風
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	颱風
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	颱風
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	颱風
Central Plains Mandarin	Qimen (Anling Junhua)	颱風
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	颱風
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	颱風
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	颱風
	Wuhan	颱風
	Guilin	颱風
	Guilin (Lingui)	颱風
	Liuzhou	颱風
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	颱風
	Dagudi (Maliba)	颱風
	Reshuitang (Longling)	颱風
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	颱風
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	颱風
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	颱風
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	颱風
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	風颱
Cantonese	Guangzhou	颱風, 風嚿 dated
	Hong Kong	颱風, 風
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	大風
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	風暴
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	大風, 風搓
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	風搓
	Macau	颱風
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	颱風
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	颱風
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	颱風
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蛟仔過天
	Foshan	颱風
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	颱風
	Foshan (Shunde)	颱風
	Foshan (Sanshui)	颱風
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	風颶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	風颱
	Zhongshan (Chongkoumen, Nanlang; Tanka)	風嚿
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	風颱
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	颱風
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	颱風
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	風姑
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	颱風
	Taishan	颱風
	Kaiping (Chikan)	颱風
	Enping (Niujiang)	颱風
	Heshan (Yayao)	颱風
	Dongguan	颱風
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	颱風
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	颱風
	Nanning	颱風
	Guiping	颱風
	Guiping (Jintian)	颱風
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	颱風
	Guiping (Madong)	颱風
	Pingnan (Danzhu)	颱風
	Mengshan (Xihe)	颱風
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	颱風
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	颱風
	Baise	颱風
	Bobai	颱風
	Lingshan	颱風
	Pubei	颱風
	Qinzhou	颱風
	Beihai	颱風
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	期風
	Ningming	颱風
	Hengzhou	颱風
	Lingchuan (Yangjia)	颱風
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	颱風
	Penang (Guangfu)	颱風
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	颱風
	Móng Cái	颱風
Gan	Nanchang	颱風, 颶風 dated
	Pengze	颱風
	Lichuan	颱風
	Pingxiang	颱風
Hakka	Meixian	颱風, 風搓
	Xingning	颱風
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	風颱
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	颱風
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	颱風
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	風搓
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	風颱
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	颱風
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	颱風
	Jiexi	風搓
	Luhe	風搓
	Liancheng (Peitian)	颱風
	Yudu	㾭螺風
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	風搓
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	風搓
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	風搓
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	風搓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	風搓, 颱風
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	颱風, 大風
	Hong Kong	風搓
	Bobai (Shahe)	颱風
	Bobai (Lingping)	颱風, 龍捲風
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	颱風
	Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang)	颱風
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	颱風
	Mashan (Pianlian)	颱風
	Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui)	颱風
	Guidong	颱風
	Sabah (Longchuan)	暴風
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	颱風
Huizhou	Jixi	颱風
Huizhou	Qimen (Anling Minhua)	颱風
Jin	Taiyuan	颱風
Jin	Xinzhou	颱風
Northern Min	Jian'ou	風颱
	Jianyang	颱風
	Pucheng (Shibei)	颱風
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	風颱
	Fuzhou (Changle)	風颱
	Fuqing	風颱, 風災
	Yongtai	風颱
	Gutian	風颱
	Pingnan	風颱
	Fu'an	風颱
	Ningde	風颱
	Xiapu	風颱
	Zherong	風颱
	Shouning	風颱, 颱風
	Zhouning	風颱
	Fuding	風颱
	Matsu	風颱
Southern Min	Xiamen	風颱
	Quanzhou	風颱
	Jinjiang	風颱
	Anxi	颱風, 風颱
	Zhangzhou	風颱
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	風颱
	Zhangpu	風颱
	Taipei	風颱
	Kaohsiung	風颱
	Yilan	風颱
	Changhua (Lukang)	風颱
	Taichung	風颱
	Taichung (Wuqi)	風颱
	Tainan	風颱
	Taitung	風颱
	Hsinchu	風颱
	Penghu (Magong)	風颱
	Penang (Hokkien)	風颱
	Singapore (Hokkien)	風颱
	Manila (Hokkien)	風颱
	Datian	颱風
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	颱風
	Pingnan (Sijie)	颱風
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	颱風
	Guiping (Dongsheng)	颱風
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	颱風
	Lechang (Tatou)	颱風
	Renhua (Changshabei)	颱風
	Yingde (Yuzui)	風颱
	Yunan (Liantan)	風颱
	Yuhuan (Kanmen)	風颱
	Chaozhou	風颱
	Shantou	風颱
	Shantou (Chenghai)	風颱
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	風颱
	Jieyang	風颱
	Puning	風颱
	Lufeng	風颱
	Haifeng	風颱
	Bangkok (Teochew)	颱風, 風颱
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	風颱
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	風颱
	Singapore (Teochew)	風颱
	Pontianak (Teochew)	風颱
	Leizhou	風颱
	Wenchang	風颱
	Haikou	風颱
	Qionghai	風颱
Puxian Min	Putian	風颱
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	風颱, 颱風
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	風颱
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	颱風
	Xianyou	颱風
	Xianyou (Fengting)	風颱
	Xianyou (Youyang)	大風
Central Min	Yong'an	風颱
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	颱風
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	風颱
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	風颱
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	颱風
	Nanning (Shajing)	颱風
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	颱風
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	颱風
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	颱風
	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	颱風
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	颱風
	Lingchuan (Gaoqiao)	颱風
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	颱風
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	颱風
	Yangshuo (Jima)	颱風
Shehua	Cangnan	風災
	Jingning (Hexi)	大風
	Lishui	龍風
	Longyou	龍風
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	颱風
Wu	Shanghai	颱風, 風潮 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	颱風
	Suzhou	颱風
	Suzhou (Wujiang)	颱風
	Danyang	颱風, 悶子風
	Hangzhou	颱風
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	龍風
	Ningbo	風水, 颱風, 風颱 dated
	Linhai	風颸
	Yuhuan (Damaiyu)	風颸
	Yuhuan (Chumen)	颱風
	Wenzhou	風颸, 風水
	Jinhua	颱風
Xiang	Changsha	颱風
	Xiangxiang (Meiqiao)	颱風
	Quanzhou	颱風
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	颱風
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	颱風

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (颱風):

→ Korean: 태풍(颱風) (Taepung)

⇒ Indonesian: taifun

Japanese

Kanji in this term
颱	風
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

Hanja in this term
颱	風

Noun

颱風 • (taepung) (hangeul 태풍)

hanja form^? of 태풍 (“typhoon”)