祖墳冒青煙

Chinese

		ancestral tomb	to cover; to emit; to manifest to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	cigarette; tobacco; smoke
trad. (祖墳冒青煙)		祖墳	冒	青	煙
simp. (祖坟冒青烟)		祖坟	冒	青	烟
Literally: “Blue smoke is rising from (someone's) family cemetery.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔfén mào qīngyān

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄣˊ ㄇㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔfén mào qīngyān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄣˊ ㄇㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔfén mào cingyan
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-fên² mao⁴ chʻing¹-yen¹
    • Yale: dzǔ-fén màu chīng-yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuufern maw chingian
    • Palladius: цзуфэнь мао цинъянь (czufɛnʹ mao cinʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/

Phrase

祖墳冒青煙

1. Used to describe someone very lucky or successful.