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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *云* | 云* | *云
cloud / CL:
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
black cloud
HSK 6
a cloud
cloud computing
the clouds / cloud layer / cloud bank
dense / thick (fog, clouds etc) / to have a strong interest in / deep / fully saturated (color)
HSK 7-9
high in the clouds / (computing) the cloud
cirrocumulus (cloud)
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
lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
cloud
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朵* | 朵* | *朵
flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc
HSK 5
mushroom cloud
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抹* | 抹* | *抹
to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
HSK 7-9
beyond the topmost clouds (idiom) / unimaginably far away
clouds and mist
clouds tinged with sunset hues
HSK 7-9
(coll.) cloud / CL:
in large numbers / in force / lit. clouds bubbling up
lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
rosy clouds / CL:
online storage space / cloud file storage
clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
lit. cloud and rain / fig. sexual intercourse
mist; clouds; smoke
cloud chamber (physics)
cloud of dust / smog
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
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)
magic cloud
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 捲層雲|卷层云
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 卷層雲|卷层云
dust cloud
floating clouds
like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous)
(computing) cloud drive; cloud storage service
electron cloud
altostratus / high stratus cloud
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *霞* | 霞* | *霞
rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
(computing) to migrate to the cloud
war clouds; atmosphere of impending conflict
(computing) cloud storage
cumulonimbus (cloud)
tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
(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
the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air
lit. clouds scatter, wind flows (idiom); the crisis settles down / people disperse home / things return to normal
dark cloud
lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced
floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
funnel cloud
altocumulus / high cumulus cloud
sunset glow / sunset clouds / afterglow
white cloud
stratus (cloud)
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 ride the clouds / fig. self-satisfied / arrogant
mist and clouds
lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
cumulus / heap cloud
Sun Wukong's magical cloud
lit. storm clouds approach / troubles lie ahead (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *渰* | 渰* | *渰
(of cloud) forming or rising
a reddish flush on the face (as from emotion, health or exertion); a rosy tint (on clouds, flowers or water)
to roll over and over (of billows or clouds)
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
cloud track (trace of ionizing particle in cloud chamber)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *霮* | 霮* | *霮
denseness of clouds
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
lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *昙* | 昙* | *昙
dark clouds
stratocumulus cloud
floating clouds / fleeting / transient
lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) / fig. to yearn for relief from a desperate situation
lit. heroism reaching to the clouds (idiom)
cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds
loud songs reaches the clouds (idiom); fig. to praise to the skies
cirrus (cloud)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *霨* | 霨* | *霨
rising of clouds
cloud chamber
beautiful clouds
lit. enveloped in clouds and mist (idiom) / fig. (of speech or writing) unclear; confusing
clouding agent / emulsifier
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泱* | 泱* | *泱
agitated (wind, cloud) / boundless
purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *滃* | 滃* | *滃
(of clouds) to rise / (of water) to swell
(literary) heavy (clouds) / (literary) eyeglasses
lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero
amidst the clouds and mist / (fig.) mystified / puzzled
nimbostratus / stratus rain cloud
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *曀* | 曀* | *曀
obscure / sun hidden by clouds
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雯* | 雯* | *雯
multicolored clouds


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