Attested Chinese name

云飞 Yún Fēi

Clouds flying; sudden movement and high spirit.

Given name: 云飞 Usage: male Era: classical

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Yún Fēi

Character by character

云
yún

cloud

飞
fēi

fly; go quickly; dart; high

Why it works

云飞 (Yún Fēi) is a classical Chinese given name. 云 means cloud; 飞 means fly; go quickly; dart; high. It comes from Song Ci Sanbaishou (宋詞三百首) / Three Hundred Song Ci, where the text reads “賀新郎·甚矣吾衰矣:回首叫、雲飛風起” — I turn and call, and clouds fly and wind rises. It is dynamic and open. It is a literary name rather than a common modern choice; check the full name aloud with your surname.

Sound

The pinyin is Yún Fēi. 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 云飞. 云 — cloud; 飞 — fly; go quickly; dart; high.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李云飞 (Lǐ Yún Fēi), 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 · 賀新郎·甚矣吾衰矣:回首叫、雲飛風起

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