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

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

(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
(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)

(meteorology) stratus
Synonym: 霧雲 (kirigumo)

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term
層	雲

Noun

層雲 • (cheung'un) (hangeul 층운)

hanja form^? of 층운 (“stratus”)