雲泥

Chinese

		cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp
trad. (雲泥)		雲	泥
simp. (云泥)		云	泥
Literally: “the clouds [in the sky] and the mud [on the earth]”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúnní

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ nai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúnní
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúnní
    • Wade–Giles: yün²-ni²
    • Yale: yún-ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunni
    • Palladius: юньни (junʹni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ nai⁴
    • Yale: wàhn nàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ nai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ nei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ nɐi̯²¹/

Noun

雲泥

1. things that are in stark contrast

Derived terms

• 判若雲泥／判若云泥
• 雲泥之別／云泥之别 (yúnnízhībié)
• 雲泥異路／云泥异路

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雲	泥
うん Grade: 2	でい Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From 雲 (un, “cloud”) +‎ 泥 (dei, “mud”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うんでー [ùńdéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ᵝnde̞ː]

Noun

雲(うん)泥(でい) • (undei) 

1. (literary) things that are very different

Derived terms

• 雲泥(うんでい)の差(さ) (undeinosa)
• 雲泥万里(うんでいばんり) (undeibanri)