慶雲

Chinese

		celebrate	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (慶雲)		慶	雲
simp. (庆云)		庆	云

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìngyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing³ wan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìngyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìngyún
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing⁴-yün²
    • Yale: chìng-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinqyun
    • Palladius: цинъюнь (cinʺjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹ yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing³ wan⁴
    • Yale: hing wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing³ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing³ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ³³ wɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khjaengH hjun

Rime
Character	慶	雲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	丘敬切	王分切
Baxter	khjaengH	hjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiæŋH/	/ɦɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiaŋH/	/ɦiun/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiaŋH/	/ɣiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiajŋH/	/ɦun/
Li Rong	/kʰiɐŋH/	/ɣiuən/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɐŋH/	/ɣĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɐŋH/	/i̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qìng	yún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing3	wan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]raŋ-s  [ɢ]ʷə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰraŋ  ɢun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	慶	雲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qìng	yún
Middle Chinese	‹ khjængH ›	‹ hjun ›
Old Chinese	/*[kʰ]raŋ-s/	/*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/
English	happy, rejoice	cloud
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	慶	雲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10521	16358
Phonetic component	慶	云
Rime group	陽	文
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	慶	雲
Old Chinese	/*kʰraŋ/	/*ɢun/

Noun

慶雲

1. (literary) iridescent clouds, considered to be an auspicious sign in ancient China
2. (literary, figurative) respectable, noble position
3. (literary, figurative) someone in authority, such as a monarch or elder

Synonyms

• (iridescent clouds):
  • 卿雲／卿云 (qīngyún)

Proper noun

慶雲

1. (～縣) Qingyun County, Dezhou, Shandong, China

Japanese

Kanji in this term
慶	雲
けい Grade: S	うん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
景雲

Noun

慶(けい)雲(うん) • (keiun) 

1. auspicious clouds

   Synonym: 瑞雲 (zuiun)

Proper noun

慶(けい)雲(うん) • (Keiun) 

1. the Keiun era, 704-708

See also

• 大宝(たいほう) (Taihō) (era preceding Keiun)
• 和銅(わどう) (Wadō) (era following Keiun)