積雲

Chinese

		to amass; to accumulate; to store to amass; to accumulate; to store; old; long-standing	cloud; (abbr.) for Yunnan; surname
trad. (積雲)		積	雲
simp. (积云)		积	云

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ wan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiyun
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiyún
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ wan⁴
    • Yale: jīk wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ wɐn²¹/

Noun

積雲

1. (meteorology) cumulus

Derived terms

• 卷積雲／卷积云 (juǎnjīyún)
• 層積雲／层积云 (céngjīyún)

• 高積雲／高积云 (gāojīyún)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
積	雲
せき Grade: 4	うん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 積 (seki, “stack”) +‎ 雲 (un, “cloud”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) せきうん [sèkíúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲiɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

積(せき)雲(うん) • (sekiun) 

1. cumulus

   Synonym: 綿雲 (watagumo)

See also

• 層(そう)積(せき)雲(うん) (sōsekiun)
• 高(こう)積(せき)雲(うん) (kōsekiun)
• 巻(けん)積(せき)雲(うん) (kensekiun)