云

• 拼音: yún
• 汉字拆解: 云 = simplified pictograph of clouds; traditional form 雲 = 雨 (rain) + 云 (phonetic)

含义

Cloud. A visible mass of water vapour floating in the sky.

Refers to clouds in the sky. Also used in compound words: 云彩 (cloud, more colloquial), 多云 (cloudy). In modern Chinese, 云 is also used as a prefix meaning 'cloud-based' in tech contexts, though this is beyond HSK 2. The measure word for clouds is 朵.

例句

1. 今天天上有很多白云。
2. 云把太阳遮住了。
3. 飞机飞到了云的上面。

用法指南

语境: nature, weather, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 看，那朵云像一只小狗！(Look, that cloud looks like a little dog!)
• 今天多云，不太热。(It's cloudy today — not too hot.)

错误说法

• 天上有一个云。(Don't use 个 for clouds — use 朵: 天上有一朵云.)

起源与历史

A pictograph depicting clouds. The traditional form 雲 adds the rain radical 雨 on top. The simplified form 云 was the original ancient form.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal