云彩 (yúncai): cloud

Measure Word

一朵云彩 duǒ

Colorful cloud - the colloquial word for cloud, more vivid than plain 云.

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天上飘着几朵白云彩。

Tiānshàng piāo zhe jǐ duǒ bái yúncai.

A few white clouds are floating in the sky.

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傍晚的云彩被夕阳染成了金色。

Bàngwǎn de yúncai bèi xīyáng rǎn chéng le jīnsè.

The evening clouds were dyed golden by the sunset.

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云彩 is the colloquial/spoken form. In writing and formal contexts, 云 alone is more standard.

云 yún

彩 cǎi