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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *云* | 云* | *云
cloud / CL:
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *团* | 团* | *团
round / lump / ball / to roll into a ball / to gather / regiment / group / society / classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朵* | 朵* | *朵
flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc
HSK 5
black cloud
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抹* | 抹* | *抹
to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
HSK 7-9
clouds tinged with sunset hues
HSK 7-9
dense / thick (fog, clouds etc) / to have a strong interest in / deep / fully saturated (color)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *霞* | 霞* | *霞
rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
high in the clouds / (computing) the cloud
white cloud
rosy clouds / CL:
clouds and mist
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *昙* | 昙* | *昙
dark clouds
floating clouds / fleeting / transient
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雯* | 雯* | *雯
multicolored clouds
online storage space / cloud file storage
(coll.) cloud / CL:
the clouds / cloud layer / cloud bank
a cloud
like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous)
to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love
cirrus (cloud)
lit. cloud and rain / fig. sexual intercourse
sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青
sunset glow / sunset clouds / afterglow
magic cloud
dark cloud
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泱* | 泱* | *泱
agitated (wind, cloud) / boundless
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *滃* | 滃* | *滃
(of clouds) to rise / (of water) to swell
in large numbers / in force / lit. clouds bubbling up
lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced
amidst the clouds and mist / (fig.) mystified / puzzled
cloud
mist; clouds; smoke
tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
beyond the topmost clouds (idiom) / unimaginably far away
cumulus / heap cloud
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
cumulonimbus (cloud)
lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
cloud of dust / smog
mist and clouds
lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 捲層雲|卷层云
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 卷層雲|卷层云
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *霨* | 霨* | *霨
rising of clouds
nimbostratus / stratus rain cloud
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *霮* | 霮* | *霮
denseness of clouds
stratus (cloud)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *曀* | 曀* | *曀
obscure / sun hidden by clouds
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *渰* | 渰* | *渰
(of cloud) forming or rising
lit. enveloped in clouds and mist (idiom) / fig. (of speech or writing) unclear; confusing
beautiful clouds
cloud computing
conveyance (car, boat, aircraft etc); vehicle / (fig.) medium; platform; vector / (Tw) (Taiwan pr. [zai3 ju4]) a consumer's device (smart card or mobile app barcode etc) that can be scanned at checkout to save the receipt 統一發票|统一发票 to a cloud account
(literary) heavy (clouds) / (literary) eyeglasses
to ride the clouds / fig. self-satisfied / arrogant
dust cloud
mushroom cloud
nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
stratocumulus cloud
lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
to roll over and over (of billows or clouds)
altostratus / high stratus cloud
cloud chamber (physics)
lit. storm clouds approach / troubles lie ahead (idiom)
altocumulus / high cumulus cloud
floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)
cirrocumulus (cloud)
funnel cloud
Sun Wukong's magical cloud
clouding agent / emulsifier
sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴
cloud storage service
floating clouds
lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) / fig. to yearn for relief from a desperate situation
(Tw) a barcode presented at checkout, used to electronically save the receipt 統一發票|统一发票 to the customer’s cloud account
cloud chamber
nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom)
lit. heroism reaching to the clouds (idiom)
lit. clouds scatter, wind flows (idiom); the crisis settles down / people disperse home / things return to normal
the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air
cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds
clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
cloud track (trace of ionizing particle in cloud chamber)
electron cloud
loud songs reaches the clouds (idiom); fig. to praise to the skies


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