花燈

See also: 花灯

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	lamp; light
trad. (花燈)		花	燈
simp. (花灯)		花	灯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huādēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ dang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fâ-tên
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-teng / hoa-teng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê¹ dêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huādēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huadeng
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-têng¹
    • Yale: hwā-dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huadeng
    • Palladius: хуадэн (xuadɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ dang¹
    • Yale: fā dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ deng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-tên
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa´ den´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ den¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴⁻¹¹ ten²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-teng
    • Tâi-lô: hue-ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'defng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-teng
    • Tâi-lô: hua-ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'defng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê¹ dêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue teng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³³⁻²³ teŋ³³/

Noun

花燈

1. festive lantern (Classifier: 盞／盏 m)

   元宵節賞花燈是約定俗成的習俗。 [MSC, trad.]
   元宵节赏花灯是约定俗成的习俗。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yuánxiāojié shǎng huādēng shì yuēdìngsúchéng de xísú. [Pinyin]

   It is customary to put up lanterns during the Lantern Festival.

Derived terms

• 花燈戲／花灯戏
• 荷花燈／荷花灯