乳暈

See also: 乳晕

Chinese

		breast; milk	dizzy; ring around moon or sun; confused dizzy; ring around moon or sun; confused; giddy; faint; swoon; lose consciousness; pass out
trad. (乳暈)		乳	暈
simp. (乳晕)		乳	晕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rǔyùn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄩㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ wan⁶ / jyu⁵ wan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rǔyùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄩㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rǔyùn
  - Wade–Giles: ju³-yün⁴
  - Yale: rǔ-yùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruuyunn
  - Palladius: жуюнь (žujunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ yn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ wan⁶ / jyu⁵ wan⁴
  - Yale: yúh wahn / yúh wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ wan⁶ / jy⁵ wan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ wen⁶ / yu⁵ wen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ wɐn²²/, /jyː¹³ wɐn²¹/

Noun

乳暈

(anatomy) areola (pigmented circle around the nipple)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乳	暈
にゅう Grade: 6	うん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 乳(にゅう) (nyū, “breast”) + 暈(うん) (un, “halo, ring”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にゅううん [nyùúúń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ɨːɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

乳(にゅう)暈(うん) • (nyūun)

(anatomy) an areola (circle around the nipple)

Synonyms

乳(にゅう)輪(りん) (nyūrin)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN