云

yún

HSK 4

云 — yún

1. classical literary verb 'to say' (used in quotations)

   孔子云：学而时习之。 kǒngzi yún xué ér shí xí zhī — Confucius said: 'To learn and to practice what one has learned in due time.'

2. cloud; CL: 朵 duo3 (measure word for clouds)

   天上有几朵白云。 tiānshàng yǒu jǐduǒ báiyún — There are a few white clouds in the sky.

3. surname Yun; abbreviation for Yunnan Province

   云先生是我们的汉语老师。 yún xiānshēng shì wǒmen de hànyǔ lǎoshī — Mr. Yun is our Chinese teacher.