腾云 (téngyún): to soar through the clouds

Meanings

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

Characters

腾

Examples

孙悟空能腾云驾雾。

Sūn Wùkōng néng téngyúnjiàwù.

Sun Wukong can soar through clouds and mist.

传说中神仙腾云而去。

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.