煙幕

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See also: 烟幕

Chinese

		cigarette; tobacco; smoke	stage curtain; tent
trad. (煙幕)		煙	幕
simp. (烟幕)		烟	幕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yānmù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ mok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ian-mō͘ / ian-bō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yānmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yanmù
  - Wade–Giles: yen¹-mu⁴
  - Yale: yān-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianmuh
  - Palladius: яньму (janʹmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin¹ mok⁶
  - Yale: yīn mohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ mok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ mog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ mɔːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-mō͘
  - Tâi-lô: ian-mōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ienmo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ mɔ̃⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-bō͘
  - Tâi-lô: ian-bōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ienbo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ²²/

Noun

煙幕

smokescreen

Synonyms

煙氣幕／烟气幕 (yānqìmù)

Derived terms

煙幕彈／烟幕弹 (yānmùdàn)

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

煙幕

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Smoke screen

煙幕 (enmaku): a smokescreen partially obscuring a ship.

Kanji in this term
煙	幕
えん Grade: S	まく Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound term 煙幕／烟幕 (ʔen mak, literally “smoke + curtain, screen”). Compare modern Mandarin yānmù, Cantonese jin¹ mok⁶.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんまく (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

煙(えん)幕(まく) • (enmaku)

a smokescreen

Usage notes

“To lay or place a smokescreen” is expressed in Japanese using the verb 張る (haru, “to stretch taut”), probably in reference to the curtain meaning expressed by the 幕 (maku) character.

攻撃(こうげき)を困難(こんなん)にするために煙幕(えんまく)を張(は)る

kōgeki o konnan ni suru tame ni enmaku o haru

place a smokescreen to make it difficult to attack

Also used in a figurative sense.

好(す)きな人(ひと)について煙幕(えんまく)を張(は)る

suki na hito ni tsuite enmaku o haru

put up a smokescreen about the person likes

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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