灰飛煙滅

Chinese

		grey; ash	to fly	cigarette; tobacco; smoke	extinguish
trad. (灰飛煙滅)		灰	飛	煙	滅
simp. (灰飞烟灭)		灰	飞	烟	灭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huīfēiyānmiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ ㄈㄟ ㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ fei¹ jin¹ mit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huīfēiyānmiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ ㄈㄟ ㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hueifeiyanmiè
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹-fei¹-yen¹-mieh⁴
    • Yale: hwēi-fēi-yān-myè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueifeiianmieh
    • Palladius: хуэйфэйяньме (xuejfɛjjanʹme)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui¹ fei¹ jin¹ mit⁶
    • Yale: fūi fēi yīn miht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ fei¹ jin¹ mit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ féi¹ yin¹ mid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵ jiːn⁵⁵ miːt̚²/

Idiom

灰飛煙滅

1. to vanish completely