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云

Mandarin · pinyin yún

(classical) to say

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云: yún · say, speak; clouds

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Cantonese word readings for 云. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(literary) to say; to speak (used when quoting from a source)
A particle.
a surname: — originated from 妘 (yún)
a surname: — originated from Zhou dynasty feudal state of 䢵
a surname: — originated from surname 牒云
a surname: — simplified from 雲
(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Philippine Hokkien) to go on a pleasure trip; to roam around; to stroll; to saunter; to go for a walk
(～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 云 (MC hjun), equivalent to the 3rd 等 (děng) of the initial 喻 (MC yuH)

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