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乌云 (wū yún) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

乌云 (wū yún) is a Chinese word: dark cloud. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 乌云

名 míng noun

dark cloud

天空中出现了乌云，马上就要下雨了。

tiān kōng zhōng chū xiàn le wū yún mǎ shàng jiù yào xià yǔ le

Dark clouds appeared in the sky, it's going to rain soon.

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Word breakdown

乌 wū — dark, black

Words with this character (1)
  • 1 乌龟 wū guī — turtle HSK 6
    • 乌 black/dark (describing the color of the turtle's shell)
    • 龟 turtle/tortoise (the base animal)
    Example

    这只乌龟爬得很慢。

    zhè zhī wū guī pá de hěn màn

    This turtle crawls very slowly.

云 yún — cloud

Words with this character (1)
Structure & writing
1 乌 wū — black
乌 is a component in 1 characters
HSK 7
呜 wū onomatopoeia for wind, whistles, crying, etc.

乌 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order

2 云 yún — (lit.) to say
云 is a component in 9 characters
HSK 1
会 huì to gather; to come together
HSK 2
动 dòng to move; to change position or leave a state of rest (opposite of '静') 运 yùn to rotate; to move in sequence
HSK 3
尝 cháng to taste; to sample food 层 céng to repeat, to overlap
HSK 6
坛 tán raised platform used for ceremonies such as sacrifices or military oaths, typically built of earth and stone
HSK 7
耘 yún to weed farmland 酝 yùn to brew wine 魂 hún spirit or mood in general

consists of

2.1 二 èr — two (the number 1+1)
二 is a component in 5 characters
HSK 1
些 xiē placed after a verb or adjective to mean slightly or a little
HSK 3
言 yán (lit.) to speak; to say
HSK 4
云 yún (lit.) to say
HSK 7
仁 rén benevolence; the Confucian moral concept centered on compassion, love, and altruism 腻 nì to feel put off by greasy food
2.2 厶 sī — private, personal, selfish
厶 is a component in 17 characters
HSK 1
么 me suffix 公 gōng public; belonging to the state or collective (opposite of '私') 去 qù to go (away from the speaker, opposite of 来) 能 néng ability; talent; skill
HSK 3
丢 diū to lose; to misplace 参 cān to join; to participate (in an activity) 育 yù to give birth to
HSK 4
云 yún (lit.) to say 允 yǔn to agree, to approve 台 tái a raised flat platform for observation 弃 qì to abandon, to discard
HSK 5
县 xiàn county (administrative unit under a province, autonomous region, municipality, or prefecture) 私 sī private; personal (opposite of 公)
HSK 7
勾 gōu to mark with a check or hook (indicating deletion or selection) 垒 lěi defensive wall or fortification in ancient military camps 弘 hóng a surname 矣 yǐ classical sentence-final particle: ① indicating completion (equivalent to '了'), ② indicating exclamation, ③ indicating command

Stroke order