Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 白云
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
daytime; during the day; day; CL:個|个[ge4]
白色báisèwhite; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
明白míngbaiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
白酒báijiǔbaijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2 tao5 jiu3])
云yún(classical) to say; cloud; CL:朵[duo3]; surname Yun; Yunnan Province (abbr. for 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3])
白báisurname Bai; white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera