Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 云川, 运川, etc.(Chinese) 雲川, 運川, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /yn.ʈ͡ʂʰu̯an/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 云 (yún) meaning "cloud" or 运 (yùn) meaning "move, carry, fortune, luck, fate" combined with 川 (chuān) meaning "river, stream". Other character combinations can form this name as well.