腾云

騰雲
téngyún
verb #35,247

Meanings

  1. 1 to soar through the clouds
  2. 2 to ride on clouds (as immortals or the Monkey King do)

Examples

孙悟空腾云驾雾
Sūn Wùkōng néng téngyún-jiàwù.
Sun Wukong can soar through clouds and mist.
Chuánshuō zhōng shénxiān téngyún ér qù.
In the legend, the immortals departed riding the clouds.

Tips

culture
腾云 is most familiar from the four-character idiom 腾云驾雾 (ride clouds and mount mist) describing the supernatural travel of immortals and most famously of 孙悟空 (Sun Wukong, the Monkey King) in 《西游记》 (Journey to the West), whose 筋斗云 (somersault cloud) covers 108,000 li in a single leap.

In Pop Culture

腾云驾雾 téngyún-jiàwù
ride the clouds and mount the mist
Set phrase describing the cloud-flight of immortals; the Monkey King's signature move in Journey to the West.

Stroke Order

téng
yún