to Taizhou, Zhejiang.

Some English linguists proposed the English word typhoon traced to the Cantonese pronunciation of ?? (corresponding to Mandarin ), in turn the Cantonese word traced to Arabic. This claim contradicts the fact that the Cantonese term for typhoon was ?? before the national promotion of ??. ?? (meaning "winds which last long") was first attested in 280, being the oldest Chinese term for typhoon. Not one Chinese historical record links ?? to