凌雲

Chinese

		encroach; soar; thick ice	cloud; (abbr.) for Yunnan; surname
trad. (凌雲/淩雲)		凌/淩	雲
simp. (凌云)		凌	云

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): língyún

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ wan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): lêng-hûn / lêng-în

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: língyún
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingyun
  - IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ yn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ wan⁴
  - Yale: lìhng wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ wan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ wen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ wɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    凌雲／凌云
    靈魂／灵魂
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-hûn
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-hûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lenghuun
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ hun²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-în
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-în
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leng'iin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² in¹³/

Verb

凌雲

(literary) to reach the clouds; to soar to the skies

Derived terms

凌雲健筆／凌云健笔
凌雲壯志／凌云壮志
凌雲筆／凌云笔
凌雲臺／凌云台

凌雲閣／凌云阁
凌雲髻／凌云髻
壯志凌雲／壮志凌云
志氣凌雲／志气凌云

Proper noun

凌雲

(～縣) Lingyun County (county in Baise, Guangxi province, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
凌	雲
りょう Jinmeiyō	うん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative forms

陵雲

Noun

凌雲 (hiragana りょううん, rōmaji ryōun)

skyscraping; very high; above the clouds
exceeding worldly, secular things; above this mortal world; beyond petty, everyday matters

Usage notes

This noun is often used with the genitive case particle -no (-の), which makes it function as an adjective.

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