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吞雲吐霧
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Chinese
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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
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
tūnyúntǔwù
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄊㄨㄣ ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄨˋ
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
tūnyúntǔwù
Zhuyin
:
ㄊㄨㄣ ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄨˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
tunyúntǔwù
Wade–Giles
:
tʻun
1
-yün
2
-tʻu
3
-wu
4
Yale
:
twūn-yún-tǔ-wù
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
tuenyuntuuwuh
Palladius
:
туньюньтуу
(tunʹjunʹtuu)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ yn³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹/
Verb
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吞雲吐霧
(
Taoism
)
a state of
mediation
where a person no longer requires food
(
figurative
)
to
smoke
(cigarettes, or other drugs)