紫雲

See also: 紫云

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (紫雲)		紫	雲
simp. (紫云)		紫	云

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zǐyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² wan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chí-hûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zǐyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Zǐhyún
    • Wade–Giles: Tzŭ³-yün²
    • Yale: Dž-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzyyyun
    • Palladius: Цзыюнь (Czyjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² wan⁴
    • Yale: jí wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ wɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chí-hûn
    • Tâi-lô: Tsí-hûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'huun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hun²³/

Proper noun

紫雲

1. Ziyun Miao and Buyei Autonomous County, Guizhou, China

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	雲
し Grade: S	うん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しうん [shìúń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) し​うん [shíꜜùǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

紫(し)雲(うん) • (shiun) 

1. purple clouds, an auspicious omen
2. (Buddhism) the purple clouds which Amida rides to greet dying adherents