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): ㄊㄨㄣㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tūnyúntǔwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣㄩㄣˊ 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

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

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