烏煙瘴氣

Chinese

		black	smoke	miasma
trad. (烏煙瘴氣)		烏	煙	瘴氣
simp. (乌烟瘴气)		乌	烟	瘴气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūyānzhàngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄧㄢ ㄓㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ jin¹ zoeng³ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūyānzhàngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄧㄢ ㄓㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuyanjhàngcì
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-yen¹-chang⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: wū-yān-jàng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uianjanqchih
    • Palladius: уяньчжанци (ujanʹčžanci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ jin¹ zoeng³ hei³
    • Yale: wū yīn jeung hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ jin¹ dzoeng³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ yin¹ zêng³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ jiːn⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³ hei̯³³/

Idiom

烏煙瘴氣

1. (of an atmosphere) filled with black smoke and toxic gas; turgid atmosphere; pandemonium