臥雲

Chinese

		to lie; to crouch	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (臥雲)		臥	雲
simp. (卧云)		卧	云

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wòyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wòyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wòyún
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴-yün²
    • Yale: wò-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wohyun
    • Palladius: воюнь (vojunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹ yn³⁵/

Verb

臥雲

1. (literary) to live in seclusion; to withdraw from society and live in obscurity; to be a hermit

Synonyms

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• 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
• 幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
• 幽棲／幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
• 杜門／杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
• 臥／卧 (wò) (literary)
• 豹隱／豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
• 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
• 退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
• 退隱／退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
• 遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
• 遁跡／遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
• 避世 (bìshì)
• 閉門／闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
• 隱居／隐居 (yǐnjū)
• 隱逸／隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臥	雲
が Jinmeiyō	うん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ɯ̟̃ɴ]

Proper noun

臥(が)雲(うん) • (Gaun) ^{←ぐわうん (Gwaun)?}

1. a surname