青雲

See also: 青云

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (青雲)		青	雲
simp. (青云)		青	云

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngyún

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄩㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ wan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-hûn / chheng-în

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngyún
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄩㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingyún
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-yün²
  - Yale: chīng-yún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingyun
  - Palladius: цинъюнь (cinʺjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ yn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ wan⁴
  - Yale: chīng wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ wan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ wen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-hûn
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-hûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhenghuun
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-în
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-în
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zheng'iin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² in¹³/

Noun

青雲

(literary) clouds that are the color of azure
(literary) a lofty position

Derived terms

並概青雲 / 并概青云
干青雲
平地青雲 / 平地青云
平步青雲 / 平步青云 (píngbùqīngyún)
步青雲 / 步青云
直上青雲 / 直上青云
青雲之器 / 青云之器
青雲之士 / 青云之士
青雲志 / 青云志
青雲直上 / 青云直上 (qīngyúnzhíshàng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
青	雲
せい Grade: 1	うん Grade: 2
kan'on	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑雲 (kyūjitai)

Noun

青(せい)雲(うん) • (seiun)

Blue-tinged clouds
(figurative) A lofty position
A state of detachment from the world

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
青	雲
あお Grade: 1	くも Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑雲 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
青	雲
あお Grade: 1	くも > ぐも Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑雲 (kyūjitai)

Noun

青(あお)雲(くも) or 青(あお)雲(ぐも) • (aokumo or aogumo) ^{←あをくも (awokumo)^?}

Blue tinged clouds