層雲

Chinese

		layer; floor; a measure word for layers layer; floor; a measure word for layers; laminated; repeated; story (of a building); (maths) sheaf	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (層雲)		層	雲
simp. (层云)		层	云
anagram		雲層／云层

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): céngyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄥˊ ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cang⁴ wan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chân-hûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: céngyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄥˊ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: céngyún
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻêng²-yün²
    • Yale: tséng-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tserngyun
    • Palladius: цэнъюнь (cɛnʺjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cang⁴ wan⁴
    • Yale: chàhng wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsang⁴ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceng⁴ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐŋ²¹ wɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chân-hûn
    • Tâi-lô: tsân-hûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zanhuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡san²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡san²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡san¹³⁻²² hun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡san²⁴⁻¹¹ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡san²³⁻³³ hun²³/

Noun

層雲

1. (meteorology) stratus

Derived terms

• 卷層雲／卷层云 (juǎncéngyún)
• 捲層雲／卷层云 (juǎncéngyún)
• 碎層雲／碎层云 (suìcéngyún)
• 雨層雲／雨层云 (yǔcéngyún)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (層雲):

• → Japanese: 層雲(そううん) (sōun)
• → Korean: 층운(層雲) (cheung'un)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
層	雲
そう Grade: 6	うん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
層雲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 層 (sō, “layer”) +‎ 雲 (un, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーうん [sòóúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

層(そう)雲(うん) • (sōun) 

1. (meteorology) stratus

   Synonym: 霧雲 (kirigumo)

See also

• 乱(らん)層(そう)雲(うん) (ransōun)
• 高(こう)層(そう)雲(うん) (kōsōun)
• 巻(けん)層(そう)雲(うん) (kensōun)
• 層(そう)積(せき)雲(うん) (sōsekiun)

Korean

Hanja in this term
層	雲

Noun

層雲 • (cheung'un) (hangeul 층운)

1. hanja form^? of 층운 (“stratus”)