Given name Chinese name

青云 Qīng Yún

green, youth; cloud

Given name: 青云 Usage: neutral Era: classical-modern

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Qīng Yún

Character by character

青
qīng

green, youth

云
yún

cloud

Why it works

green, youth; cloud

Sound

The pinyin is Qīng Yún. Say it slowly, then at normal speed. If a tone feels difficult, practice the syllable alone before putting the full name together. A Chinese speaker will usually understand an imperfect tone in context, but the closer you get, the more natural the name feels.

How to introduce it

“My Chinese name is 青云. 青 — green, youth; 云 — cloud.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李青云 (Lǐ Qīng Yún), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.

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