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云端 (yún duān) — (phrase) in/among the clouds; high above the ground; (phrase) cloud (computing): remote server-based computing and storage

Definition

Literally 'cloud-tip' — the high place above the clouds, and the standard Chinese term for 'the cloud' in cloud computing / cloud storage. Refers to remote servers, not the sky.

phrase
in/among the cloudshigh above the groundcloud (computing): remote server-based computing and storage

Examples

  • 云端。
    Fēi jī zài yún duān zhī shàng fēi xíng.
    The plane is flying above the clouds.
  • 云端。
    Wǒ men bǎ shù jù dōu chǔ cún zài yún duān shàng.
    We store all the data on the cloud.
  • 云端。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī tí gōng yún duān fú wù.
    This company provides cloud services.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

云yúncloud
端duānedge

云 gives cloud and 端 gives edge or side, together meaning the upper edge of clouds or a cloud-based space.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 雲; 云 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 雲 is 雨 (rain) plus 云; 云 was the original writing for 'cloud', and 雨 was added to separate it from the borrowed sense 'to say'.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
立立lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
耑
耑zhuān端duān
Same sound today

端 is made by putting 立 beside 耑. The 立 part is connected to the meaning, and 耑 gives the sound.

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