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

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• 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
    • Yale: yúh wahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ wan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ wen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ wɐn²²/

Noun

乳暈

1. (anatomy) areola (pigmented circle around the nipple)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乳	暈
にゅう Grade: 6	うん Hyōgaiji
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])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ɯ̟ᵝːɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

乳(にゅう)暈(うん) • (nyūun) 

1. (anatomy) an areola (circle around the nipple)

Synonyms

• 乳(にゅう)輪(りん) (nyūrin)