How to say it in Chinese

Cloud in Chinese

cloud · HSK 4

云 yún

Counted with 朵: 一朵云 yì duǒ yún

天上一片云也没有。 There isn't a single cloud in the sky.

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How do you say cloud in Chinese?

Cloud in Chinese is 云 (yún).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.