卿雲

Chinese

		(old) minister; (old) term of endearment between spouses; thou (poet.)	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname
trad. (卿雲)		卿	雲
simp. (卿云)		卿	云

Etymology

The lyrics of the two versions of the Song to the Auspicious Cloud were based on a song written in Commentary of Shang Shu, which was said to have been sung by the ancient Chinese Emperor Shun, when he passed on the throne to Yu the Great. Its original lyrics in classical Chinese were:

"卿雲爛兮，糺縵縵兮。日月光華，旦復旦兮。"
"How bright is the Auspicious Cloud, How broad is its brilliancy.
The light is spectacular with sun or moon, How it revives dawn after dawn."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄩㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingyún
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-yün²
    • Yale: chīng-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingyun
    • Palladius: цинъюнь (cinʺjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ yn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjaeng hjun

Rime
Character	卿	雲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	去京切	王分切
Baxter	khjaeng	hjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiæŋ/	/ɦɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiaŋ/	/ɦiun/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiaŋ/	/ɣiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiajŋ/	/ɦun/
Li Rong	/kʰiɐŋ/	/ɣiuən/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɐŋ/	/ɣĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɐŋ/	/i̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	yún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing1	wan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʰraŋ  [ɢ]ʷə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰraŋ  ɢun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	卿	雲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qīng	yún
Middle Chinese	‹ khjæng ›	‹ hjun ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʰraŋ/	/*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/
English	minister (v.)	cloud
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卿	雲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13607	16358
Phonetic component	鄉	云
Rime group	陽	文
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	卿	雲
Old Chinese	/*kʰraŋ/	/*ɢun/
Notes	鄉轉註分化字

Noun

卿雲

1. (literary) propitious clouds; auspicious clouds

Synonyms

• 慶雲／庆云 (qìngyún)