Attested Chinese name

微云 Wēi Yún

Faint clouds; a light veil brushed across the mountains.

Given name: 微云 Usage: female Era: classical

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Wēi Yún

Character by character

微
wēi

small, prefix micro-, trifling

云
yún

cloud

Why it works

微云 (Wēi Yún) is a classical Chinese given name. 微 means small, prefix micro-, trifling; 云 means cloud. It comes from Song Ci Sanbaishou (宋詞三百首) / Three Hundred Song Ci, where the text reads “滿庭芳·山抹微雲:山抹微雲” — The mountains are brushed with faint clouds. It is delicate and atmospheric. It is a literary name rather than a common modern choice; check the full name aloud with your surname.

Sound

The pinyin is Wēi 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 微云. 微 — small, prefix micro-, trifling; 云 — cloud.”

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

Source

Song Ci Sanbaishou (宋詞三百首) / Three Hundred Song Ci · 滿庭芳·山抹微雲:山抹微雲

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