凌雲

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Verb

凌雲

  1. (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 (zhuàngzhìlíngyún)
  • 志氣凌雲/志气凌云

Proper noun

凌雲

  1. (~縣) Lingyun (a county of Baise, Guangxi, China)

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

Noun

凌(りょう)雲(うん) • (ryōun) 

  1. skyscraping; very high; above the clouds
  2. 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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