積雲

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīyún

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄩㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ wan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīyún
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄩㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiyún
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-yün²
  - Yale: jī-yún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiyun
  - Palladius: цзиюнь (czijunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ yn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik¹ wan⁴
  - Yale: jīk wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ wan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ wen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ wɐn²¹/

Noun

積雲

(meteorology) cumulus

Derived terms

卷積雲 / 卷积云 (juǎnjīyún)
層積雲 / 层积云 (céngjīyún)
火積雲 / 火积云 (huǒjīyún)
高積雲 / 高积云 (gāojīyún)

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

(Tokyo) せきうん [sèkíúń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [se̞kʲiɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

積(せき)雲(うん) • (sekiun)

cumulus
Synonym: 綿雲 (watagumo)

See also