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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 吞云吐雾
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 吞云吐雾 | tūn yún tǔ wù | - to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) - to blow cigarette or opium smoke |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 42,164 | 64,631 | 50,556 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 吞 | tūn | - to swallow - to take |
| 云 | yún | - (classical) to say |
| 云 | yún | - surname Yun - abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2nan2 Sheng3] |
| 云 | yún | - cloud - CL:朵[duo3] |
| 吐 | tǔ | - to spit - to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) - to say - to pour out (one's grievances) |
| 吐 | tù | - to vomit - to throw up |
| 雾 | wù | - fog - mist - CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4] |
Other Words Containing 吞云吐雾
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 吞云吐雾 | - | - | 42,164 | 64,631 | 50,556 |