八雲

See also: 八云

Chinese

		eight	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (八雲)		八	雲
simp. (八云)		八	云

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 八(や)雲(くも) (Yakumo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bāyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄩㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bāyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bayún
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹-yün²
    • Yale: Bā-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bayun
    • Palladius: Баюнь (Bajunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ yn³⁵/

Proper noun

八雲

1. (～町) Yakumo (a town in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	雲
や Grade: 1	くも Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟mo̞]

Noun

八(や)雲(くも) • (yakumo) 

1. many clouds, eight-fold clouds
2. (in reference to the Kojiki) waka, tanka

Derived terms

• 八雲琴(やくもこと) (yakumokoto)

Proper noun

八(や)雲(くも) • (Yakumo) 

1. 八雲町: Yakumo (a town in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
2. a male given name
3. a surname