煙幕

See also: 烟幕

Chinese

		cigarette; tobacco; smoke	stage curtain; tent
trad. (煙幕)		煙	幕
simp. (烟幕)		烟	幕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ mok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ian-mō͘ / ian-bō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanmù
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-mu⁴
    • Yale: yān-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianmuh
    • Palladius: яньму (janʹmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ mok⁶
    • Yale: yīn mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ mɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-mō͘
    • Tâi-lô: ian-mōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienmo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ mɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-bō͘
    • Tâi-lô: ian-bōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienbo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ²²/

Noun

煙幕

1. smokescreen

Synonyms

• 煙氣幕／烟气幕 (yānqìmù)

Japanese

煙幕 (enmaku): a smokescreen partially obscuring a ship.

Kanji in this term
煙	幕
えん Grade: S	まく Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound term 煙幕／烟幕 (ʔen mak, literally “smoke + curtain, screen”). Compare modern Mandarin yānmù, Cantonese jin¹ mok⁶.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) え​んまく [éꜜǹmàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞mːa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

煙(えん)幕(まく) • (enmaku) 

1. a smokescreen

Usage notes

“To lay or place a smokescreen” is expressed in Japanese using the verb 張る (haru, “to stretch taut”), probably in reference to the curtain meaning expressed by the 幕 (maku) character.

攻撃(こうげき)を困難(こんなん)にするために煙幕(えんまく)を張(は)る

kōgeki o konnan ni suru tame ni enmaku o haru

place a smokescreen to make it difficult to attack [us]

Also used in a figurative sense.

好(す)きな人(ひと)について煙幕(えんまく)を張(は)る

suki na hito ni tsuite enmaku o haru

put up a smokescreen about the person [he / she] likes

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN