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[1] clouds [2] a cloud of; a large number of [3] short for Yunnan province [4] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 12
Level: 1
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行雲流水
hang4 wan4 lau4 seoi2 = Unfettered and free.
雲吞
wan4 tan1 = wonton (dumplings)
烏雲
wu1 wan4 = black clouds
雲石
wan4 sek6 = marble 粵
多雲
do1 wan4 = cloudy
雲呢拿
wan4*6 nei1 naa4*2 = vanilla 粵
雲吞麵
wan4 tan1 min6 = wonton noodles
雲彩
wan4 coi2 = clouds
白雲石
baak6 wan4 sek6 = dolomite
密雲
mat6 wan4 = cloudy
香雲紗
hoeng1 wan4 saa1 = a kind of light silk, gambiered Guangzhou gauze
炸雲吞
zaa3 wan4 tan1 = deep fried dumplings with sweet and sour sauce
雲霄飛車
wan4 siu1 fei1 ce1 = roller coaster
雲霄
wan4 siu1 = the sky
星雲
sing1 wan4 = nebula
核爆炸煙雲
hat6 baau3 zaa3 jin1 wan4 = nuclear cloud
雲耳
wan4 ji5 = black fungus 粵
愁雲慘霧
sau4 wan4 caam2 mou6 = gloom; melancholy
愁雲
sau4 wan4 = gloom; melancholy
雲梯車
wan4 tai1 ce1 = a ladder car, a cherry picker (vehicle with basket to lift workers up into the air)
雨雲
jyu5 wan4 = rain clouds
風雲
fung1 wan4 = Stormriders (movie title, lit., "wind and cloud")
雲尼拿
wan4 nei1 laa4*2 = vanilla (as loanword)
雲尼拿油
wan4 nei1 laa4*2 jau4 = [n] vanilla extract
意大利雲吞
ji3 daai6 lei6 wan4 tan1 = ravioli
層雲
cang4 wan4 = stratus (cloud)
守得雲開見月明
sau2 dak1 wan4 hoi1 gin3 jyut6 ming4 = every cloud has a silver lining
河外星雲
ho4 ngoi6 sing1 wan4 = an extragalactic nebula
黑暗星雲
hak1 am3 sing1 wan4 = a dark nebula
發光星雲
faat3 gwong1 sing1 wan4 = an emission nebula
行星狀星雲
hang4 sing1 zong6 sing1 wan4 = a planetary nebula
浮雲朝露
fau4 wan4 ziu1 lou6 = floating clouds and morning dew; life is like an empty dream
藍天白雲
laam4 tin1 baak6 wan4 = good weather
雲集
wan4 zaap6 = come together in crowds; gather, converge, flock together; swarm, swarm over
天有不測之風雲
tin1 jau5 bat1 cak1 zi1 fung1 wan4 = expect the unexpected
過雲雨
gwo3 wan4 jyu5 = passing showers 粵
天有不測風雲
tin1 jau5 bat1 cak1 fung1 wan4 = life is unpredictible; sometimes life throws unexpected curveballs at you
雲咸街
wan4 haam4 gaai1 = Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong
一嚿雲
jat1 gau6 wan4 = not clear 粵
雲漢
wan4 hon3 = The Milky Way
雲端
wan4 dyun1 = high in the clouds; "in the cloud" (of cloud computing)
煙雲
jin1 wan4 = smoke cloud
雲海
wan4 hoi2 = sea of clouds
雲南
wan4 naam4 = Yunnan province in China
白雲山
baak6 wan4 saan1 = Baiyun Hill
白雲機場
baak6 wan4 gei1 coeng4 = Baiyun Airport
白雲機塲
baak6 wan4 gei1 coeng4 = Baiyun Airport
核爆炸煙雲熱線
hat6 baau3 zaa3 jin1 wan4 jit6 sin3 = nuclear "red phone" hotline
波狀雲
bo1 zong6 wan4 = undulatus
灌雲
gun3 wan4 = Guanyun (place in Jiangsu)
連雲港
lin4 wan4 gong2 = Lianyungang (city in Jiangsu)
縉雲
zeon3 wan4 = Jinyun (place in Zhejiang)
慶雲
hing3 wan4 = Qingyun (place in Shandong)
凌雲
ling4 wan4 = Lingyun (place in Guangxi)
左雲
zo2 wan4 = Zuoyun (place in Shanxi)
廣州白雲機場
gwong2 zau1 baak6 wan4 gei1 coeng4 = Guangzhou's Baiyun International Airport
魚雲
jyu4*2 wan4 = fish brains
叱咤風雲
cik1 zaa1 fung1 wan4 = all-powerful
潘越雲
pun1 jyut6 wan4 = Pan Yueh Yun (Michelle Pan)
仇雲波
cau4 wan4 bo1 = Robin Shou
鄺美雲
kwong3 mei5 wan4 = Cally Kwong
劉青雲
lau4 cing1 wan4 = Lau Ching Wan (a.k.a., Sean Lau)
賭場風雲
dou2 coeng4 fung1 wan4 = Dicey Business, Casino Storm |
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