baak6 wan4白雲白云
Jyutpingbaak6 wan4
Yalebaahk wàhn
Definition
White cloud.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the fluffy, white cumulus clouds often seen on a clear day. While the formal term is used in weather reports or poetry, in casual speech, people often just refer to them as 雲. When describing the shape or size, it is common to use 嚿 to emphasize a larger, chunkier appearance compared to the more delicate 朵.
Measure word
do2朵dóExamples
There are many white clouds in the sky today.
Related words
Common phrases
the changing nature of the world
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
