# 白雲
## Chinese

* 白雲 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 白雲 (Cantonese)
* Pe̍h-hûn-khu (Southern Min)
* Baiyun Mountain (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): báiyún
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄩㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ wan$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hûn / pe̍eh-hûn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh$^8$ hung$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báiyún
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄩㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báiyún
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-yün$^2$
*** Yale: bái-yún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyun
*** Palladius: байюнь (bajjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ yn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ wan$^4$
*** Yale: baahk wàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ wan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ wen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² wɐn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hûn
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peqhuun
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hun²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hun²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hun²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hun²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-hûn
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-hûn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hun¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bêh$^8$ hung$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h hûng
*** Sinological IPA : /peʔ⁴⁻² huŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: baek hjun
Rime :
| Character | 白 | 雲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (113) | 文 (59) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 傍陌切 | 王分切 |
| Baxter | baek | hjun |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bˠæk̚/ | /ɦɨun/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚak̚/ | /ɦiun/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bak̚/ | /ɣiuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /baɨjk̚/ | /ɦun/ |
| Li Rong | /bɐk̚/ | /ɣiuən/ |
| Wang Li | /bɐk̚/ | /ɣĭuən/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱɐk̚/ | /i̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bó | yún |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bak$^6$ | wan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*bˤrak [ɢ]ʷə[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*braːɡ ɢun/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 白 | 雲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bái | yún |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bæk › | ‹ hjun › |
| Old Chinese | /*bˁrak/ | /*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/ |
| English | white | cloud |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 白 | 雲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 207 | 16358 |
| Phonetic component | 白 | 云 |
| Rime group | 鐸 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 白 | 雲 |
| Old Chinese | /*braːɡ/ | /*ɢun/ |

### Noun

白雲
* white cloud

#### Derived terms

* 山中白雲／山中白云
* 白雲孤飛／白云孤飞
* 白雲岩／白云岩 (báiyúnyán)
* 白雲石／白云石 (báiyúnshí)
* 白雲蒼狗／白云苍狗 (báiyún-cānggǒu)
* 白雲親舍／白云亲舍
* 白雲鄉／白云乡
* 藍天白雲／蓝天白云 (lántiānbáiyún)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 白(はく)雲(うん) (hakūn)
* → Korean: 백운(白雲) (baegun)

### Proper noun

白雲
* (～區) Baiyun (a district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
* (～區) Baiyun (a district of Guiyang, Guizhou, China)
* (～山) Baiyun Mountain (a mountain range in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
* (～礦區) Short for 白雲鄂博／白云鄂博 (Báiyún Èbó, “Bayan Obo”).
* (～村) Baiyun (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan)

#### Synonyms

* (Baiyun Mountain): 雲山／云山 (Yúnshān)

#### See also

* (ranges): 大庾 (Dàyǔ), 南嶺／南岭 (Nánlǐng)
* (peaks): 摩星 (Móxīng)

### References

* “Entry #52972”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.