雷雲

See also: 雷云

Chinese

		thunder	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (雷雲)		雷	雲
simp. (雷云)		雷	云

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): léiyún

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄩㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ wan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: léiyún
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄩㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: léiyún
  - Wade–Giles: lei²-yün²
  - Yale: léi-yún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leiyun
  - Palladius: лэйюнь (lɛjjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ yn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁴ wan⁴
  - Yale: lèuih wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ wan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ wen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ wɐn²¹/

Noun

雷雲

thundercloud

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷	雲
かみなり Grade: S	くも > ぐも Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
雷	雲
らい Grade: S	うん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 雷 (rai, kaminari, “thunder”) +‎ 雲 (un, kumo, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らいうん [ràíúń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠iɯ̟̃ɴ]

(Tokyo) かみなりぐも [kàmínárígúꜜmò] (Nakadaka – [5])
IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲina̠ɾʲiɡɯ̟mo̞]

Noun

雷(らい)雲(うん) or 雷(かみなり)雲(ぐも) • (raiun or kaminarigumo)

synonym of 積乱雲 (sekiran'un, “cumulonimbus”); thundercloud