雲泥

Chinese

		cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp
trad. (雲泥)		雲	泥
simp. (云泥)		云	泥
Literally: “the clouds [in the sky] and the mud [on the earth]”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúnní

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ nai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúnní
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúnní
  - Wade–Giles: yün²-ni²
  - Yale: yún-ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunni
  - Palladius: юньни (junʹni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ ni³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁴ nai⁴
  - Yale: wàhn nàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ nai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ nei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ nɐi̯²¹/

Noun

雲泥

things that are in stark contrast

Derived terms

判若雲泥／判若云泥
雲泥之別／云泥之别 (yúnnízhībié)
雲泥異路／云泥异路

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雲	泥
うん Grade: 2	でい Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From 雲 (un, “cloud”) +‎ 泥 (dei, “mud”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うんでー [ùńdéé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ᵝnde̞ː]

Noun

雲(うん)泥(でい) • (undei)

(literary) things that are very different

Derived terms

雲泥(うんでい)の差(さ) (undeinosa)
雲泥万里(うんでいばんり) (undeibanri)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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