吞雲吐霧

Chinese

		to swallow; to take	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	vomit; to spit	fog; mist
trad. (吞雲吐霧)		吞	雲	吐	霧
simp. (吞云吐雾)		吞	云	吐	雾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tūnyúntǔwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣ ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tūnyúntǔwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣ ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tunyúntǔwù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻun¹-yün²-tʻu³-wu⁴
    • Yale: twūn-yún-tǔ-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuenyuntuuwuh
    • Palladius: туньюньтуу (tunʹjunʹtuu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ yn³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹/

Verb

吞雲吐霧

1. (Taoism) a state of mediation where a person no longer requires food
2. (figurative) to smoke (cigarettes, or other drugs)