浮雲
See also: 浮云
Chinese
to float | cloud; (abbr.) for Yunnan; surname | ||
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trad. (浮雲) | 浮 | 雲 | |
simp. (浮云) | 浮 | 云 | |
anagram | 雲浮/云浮 |
Pronunciation
Noun
浮雲
- (literary) floating cloud(s)
- 不義而富且貴,於我如浮雲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Bùyì ér fù qiě guì, yú wǒ rú fúyún. [Pinyin]
- Riches and honours acquired by unrighteousness, are to me as a floating cloud.
不义而富且贵,于我如浮云。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 上決浮雲,下絕地紀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Shàng jué fúyún, xià jué dìjì. [Pinyin]
- Above, (the sword) cleaves the floating clouds; and below, it penetrates to every division of the earth.
上决浮云,下绝地纪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary or Mainland China slang, figurative) something not worth cherishing; unimportant matter
- 神馬都是浮雲/神马都是浮云 ― shénmǎ dōu shì fúyún ― everything is nothing
- (literary, figurative) passing time
- (literary, figurative) evil and crafty minister
- (literary, figurative) life of a vagrant
- (literary, figurative, calligraphy) lively, flowing brushwork
Derived terms
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (浮雲):
- → Japanese: 浮雲 (fuun)
- → Korean: 부운(浮雲) (buun)
- → Vietnamese: phù vân (浮雲)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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浮 | 雲 |
うき Grade: S | くも > ぐも Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Shift from older ukikumo,[1][2] itself a compound of 浮き (uki, “floating”) + 雲 (kumo, “cloud”). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Alternative forms
- 浮き雲
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) うきぐも [ùkígúmó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkʲiɡɯ̟ᵝmo̞]
Noun
浮雲 • (ukigumo)
- a drifting or floating cloud
Proverb
浮雲 • (ukigumo)
- instability
Proper noun
浮雲 • (Ukigumo)
- a novel by Futabatei Shimei (see
The Drifting Cloud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
- a novel by Fumiko Hayashi
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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浮 | 雲 |
ふ Grade: S | うん Grade: 2 |
kan’yōon | on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese compound 浮雲 (MC bɨu ɦɨun).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ふうん [fùúń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̃ᵝːɴ]
Noun
浮雲 • (fuun)
- a drifting or floating cloud
Proverb
浮雲 • (fuun)
- instability
References
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN