CLOUD    天雲雲

VISIBLE MASS of ASSEMBLED WATER OR ICE FLOATING IN the AIR.
STORM CLOUDCLOUDBANKCLOUD COVERMACKEREL SKY
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a cloud is yún 雲. 2. Xiāo 霄 refers in an elevated style to high thin clouds, and the word is fairly rare. 3. Xiá 霞 refers to misty, rosy-coloured clouds. 4. Yùn 暈 refers to the halo round sun or moon which can occur when certain cloud formations surround the sun or moon, a phenomenon which attracted particular attention Shang dynasty astronomers. 5. Bái hóng 白虹 refers to the palish rainbow-like structure which sometimes accompanies the halo round the moon or the sun.
Modern Chinese Criteria
雲 雲彩 雲朵 雲氣 靄 陰雲 彤雲 雲翳 彩雲 雲霞 雯 雯華 火燒雲 卿雲 慶雲 慶霄 祥雲 瑞雲 白雲 烏雲 火雲 高雲 低雲 浮雲 雲海 雲層 雲頭 雲端 卷雲 積雲 朵雲 層雲 中雲 積雨雲 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • MIST　INTENSELY LOW CLOUD on the SURFACE of the EARTH. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
  • HALO　BRIGHT CLOUD AROUND SUN OR MOON. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
See also
  • RAINBOWAPPEARANCE OF ROW of COLOURS IN the SKY which APPEARS WHEN there is RAIN DURING SUNSHINE.
Hypernym
  • WATER　INTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA. (anc: 6/0, child: 10)
  • LIQUID　SUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW. (anc: 5/0, child: 9)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.73

  • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 125

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 836

    Wolke:

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 319

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 72

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.1023

  • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 55/6

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.308:206

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    • Words (17 items)

    雲  yún OC: ɢun MC: ɦi̯un
    云  yún OC: ɢun MC: ɦi̯un 34 Attributions

    The current general word for a cloud is yún 雲.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 浮/FLOAT The general word for floating of any kind, also of clouds in the air, is fú 浮 (ant. chén 沉).
    • Epithet: 氣/MIST Qì 氣 is sometimes used to refer to the misty substance that wù 霧 is made up of.
    • Assoc: 霓/RAINBOW Ní 霓 refers to the faded colours around the rainbow.

      Syntactic words
    • ncloud; clouds
    • nabfigurativecloud (of ignorance)
    • nadNmade of cloud, cloudy
    • nadNfigurativecloud-likeCH
    • nadVanalogyin massive numbers like clouds; floating about like clouds
    • nadVanalogylike clouds :> from all directions in large numbers
    • nadVinstrumentusing the names of clouds
    霄  xiāo OC: smew MC: siɛu 2 Attributions

    Xiāo 霄 refers in an elevated style to high thin clouds, and the word is fairly rare.

      Syntactic words
    • nvapour, high cloud; sky
    雲氣  yún qì OC: ɢun khɯds MC: ɦi̯un khɨi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmcloudy air; cloudy mist
    雲霧  yún wù OC: ɢun mos MC: ɦi̯un mi̯o 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialall sorts of clouds and mists
    浮雲  fú yún OC: bu ɢun MC: bɨu ɦi̯un 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralfloating clouds
    白虹  bái hóng OC: braaɡ ɡooŋ MC: bɣɛk ɦuŋ 1 Attribution

    Bái hóng 白虹 refers to the palish rainbow-like structure which sometimes accompanies the halo round the moon or the sun.

      Syntactic words
    • NP{vadN}ZGC: white halo round sun or moon
    鬱雲  yù yún MC: 'jut hjun OC: qud ɢun 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPfigurativepoetic: like swelling dense cloudsCH
    暈  yùn OC: ɢuns MC: ɦi̯un 1 Attribution

    Yùn 暈 refers to the halo round sun or moon which can occur when certain cloud formations surround the sun or moon, a phenomenon which attracted particular attention Shang dynasty astronomers.

      Syntactic words
    • nvapour, halo (round sun or moon) LSCQ
    霒  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions

    yīn

      Syntactic words
    • vibe cloudy
    霞  xiá OC: ɡraa MC: ɦɣɛ 0 Attributions

    Xiá 霞 refers to misty, rosy-coloured clouds.

      Syntactic words
    靄  ǎi OC: qaads MC: ʔɑi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han, NANBEICHAO: clouds
    • vi.redall hazy
    曀  yì OC: qiiɡs MC: ʔei 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vibe cloudy or overcast
    曇  tán OC: doom MC: dəm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nP, late: dark clouds; overcast
    气  qì OC: khɯds MC: khɨi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nSHUOWEN cloudy vapours
    氣  qì OC: khɯds MC: khɨi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ncloud, cloud formations
    渰  yǎn OC: qromʔ MC: ʔiɛm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nforming and rising of clouds; thickening of clouds ???
    珥  ěr OC: mljɯs MC: ȵɨ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han, JINSHU: halo round the sun or moon