云 yún

say, speak; clouds

HSK 4 #692

DEFINITIONS

  • say, speak
  • clouds
  • (classical) to say
  • surname Yun
  • abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
  • cloud
  • CL:朵[duo3]

STROKES

WORDS

云杉 yún shān spruce
拨云见日 bō yún jiàn rì lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
云游 yún yóu to wander (typically of an errant priest)
云雾 yún wù clouds and mist
浮云 fú yún floating clouds; fleeting; transient
吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom); to blow cigarette or opium smoke
青云 qīng yún clear sky; fig. high official position; noble
人云亦云 rén yún yì yún to say what everyone says (idiom); to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view; to follow the herd
云烟 yún yān mist; smoke; cloud
高耸入云 gāo sǒng rù yún tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
青云直上 qīng yún zhí shàng rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post; meteoric career
积雨云 jī yǔ yún cumulonimbus (cloud)
积云 jī yún cumulus; heap cloud
过眼烟云 guò yǎn yān yún ephemeral (idiom)
风云变幻 fēng yún biàn huàn changeable situation (idiom)
彩云 cǎi yún rosy clouds; CL:朵[duo3]
火烧云 huǒ shāo yún nuée ardente; hot cloud of volcanic ash
云云 yún yún and so on; so and so; many and confused
叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world; all-powerful
白云石 bái yún shí dolomite
祥云 xiáng yún Xiangyun county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan; magic cloud
云雨 yún yǔ lit. cloud and rain; fig. sexual intercourse
电子云 diàn zǐ yún electron cloud
风起云涌 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom); to grow by leaps and bounds
三叶星云 sān yè xīng yún Trifid Nebula M20
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