yún

clouds; Yunnan province

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

céng yún stratus (cloud)
zuǒ yún Zuoyun county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi
縣 zuǒ yún xiàn Zuoyun county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi
平步青 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world; meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
cǎi yún rosy clouds; CL:朵[duo3]
qìng yún Qingyun county in Dezhou 德州[De2 zhou1], Shandong
縣 qìng yún xiàn Qingyun county in Dezhou 德州[De2 zhou1], Shandong
捲層 juǎn céng yún cirrostratus (cloud); also written 捲層雲|卷层云[juan3 ceng2 yun2]; also written 卷層雲|卷层云[juan3 ceng2 yun2]
捲積 juǎn jī yún cirrocumulus (cloud)
見日 bō yún jiàn rì lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
旋渦星 xuán wō xīng yún spiral nebula
xīng yún nebula
表 xīng yún biǎo catalog of stars and nebulae
晴時多 qíng shí duō yún partly cloudy (meteorology)
暗星 àn xīng yún dark nebula (visible as a shadow, absorbing light from behind); absorption nebula
曾經滄海難為水,除卻巫山不是 céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què wū shān bù shì yún there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom); one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
折檻 zhū yún zhē kǎn Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly
娜 lǐ yún nà Euna Lee (phonetic transcription), US woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009; also written 李誠恩|李诚恩[Li3 Cheng2 en1]
河外星 hé wài xīng yún extragalactic nebula
波狀 bō zhuàng yún undulatus
fú yún floating clouds; fleeting; transient
朝露 fú yún zhāo lù floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
漏斗 lòu dǒu yún funnel cloud
瀰漫星 mí màn xīng yún diffuse nebula
guàn yún Guanyun county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港[Lian2 yun2 gang3], Jiangsu