凌雲

Chinese

encroach; soar; thick ice cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (凌雲/淩雲) /
simp. (凌云)

Pronunciation


Verb

凌雲

  1. (literary) to reach the clouds; to soar to the skies

Derived terms

  • 凌雲健筆 / 凌云健笔
  • 凌雲壯志 / 凌云壮志
  • 凌雲筆 / 凌云笔
  • 凌雲臺 / 凌云台
  • 凌雲閣 / 凌云阁
  • 凌雲髻
  • 壯志凌雲 / 壮志凌云 (zhuàngzhìlíngyún)
  • 志氣凌雲 / 志气凌云

Proper noun

凌雲

  1. () Lingyun (a county of Baise, Guangxi autonomous region, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
りょう
Jinmeiyō
うん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Noun

(りょう)(うん) • (ryōun

  1. skyscraping; very high; above the clouds
  2. exceeding worldly, secular things; above this mortal world; beyond petty, everyday matters

Usage notes

This noun is often used with the genitive case particle -no (-の), which makes it function as an adjective.