Word and Radical Components of 云

The Chinese word 云 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
云		1. Simplified form of 雲
	yún	2. (literary) to say; to speak (used when quoting from a source)
		3. A particle.
		4. originated from 妘
		5. originated from Zhou dynasty feudal state of 䢵
		6. originated from surname 牒云
		7. simplified from 雲
		8. (Quanzhou, , Xiamen, &, Philippines Hokkien) to go on a pleasure trip; to roam around
		9. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of (ltc-l, 云), equivalent to the 3rd zh-m, 等 of the initial ltc-l, 喻

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
二	èr	1. two
	二號線 (èr hào xiàn) - line no. 2
	2. second
	二哥 - second elder brother
	二意 - tr=èryì -
	二心 - tr=èrxīn -
	3. (handwritten, dated, now, informal) (An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.)
	Synonyms: 々, 〻
	4. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
	※ (Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value
	百二 - one hundred twenty
	百二 (pah jī) - one hundred twenty, MN
	買電腦花了一千二。 (Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr.) - Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks.
	5. Short for "twenty cents".
	黃瓜一塊二一斤。 (Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn.) - The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram.
	6. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)
	你這人怎麼這麼二！ (Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr!) - Why are you so incorrigibly stupid!
	7. (HKC, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject)
	我中文man4-2 二咗，入唔到 Uju1。 - I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university.
	8. (classical) Alternative form of 貳; usually limited to the simplified script
	不二过 - tr=bù'èrguò
	9. usage. See 兩 - Usage notes.
厶		1. private
	2. Variant of 私
	3. Variant of 某

Component

Pinyin

Meanings

二

èr

1. two

二號線 (èr hào xiàn) - line no. 2

2. second

二哥 - second elder brother

二意 - tr=èryì -

二心 - tr=èrxīn -

3. (handwritten, dated, now, informal) (An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.)

Synonyms: 々, 〻

4. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.

※ (Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value

百二 - one hundred twenty

百二 (pah jī) - one hundred twenty, MN

買電腦花了一千二。 (Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr.) - Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks.

5. Short for "twenty cents".

黃瓜一塊二一斤。 (Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn.) - The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram.

6. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)

你這人怎麼這麼二！ (Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr!) - Why are you so incorrigibly stupid!

7. (HKC, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject)

我中文man4-2 二咗，入唔到 Uju1。 - I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university.

8. (classical) Alternative form of 貳; usually limited to the simplified script

不二过 - tr=bù'èrguò

9. usage. See 兩 - Usage notes.

厶

1. private

2. Variant of 私

3. Variant of 某