七爺八爺

Chinese

trad. (七爺八爺)		七爺	八爺
simp. (七爷八爷)		七爷	八爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qīyé Bāyé

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄚ ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ je⁴ baat³ je⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhit-iâ Peh-iâ / Chhit-iâ Poeh-iâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qīyé Bāyé
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄚ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ciyé Bayé
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻi¹-yeh² Pa¹-yeh²
    • Yale: Chī-yé Bā-yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chiye Baye
    • Palladius: Цие Бае (Cije Baje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ jɛ³⁵ pä⁵⁵ jɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹ je⁴ baat³ je⁴
    • Yale: chāt yèh baat yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ je⁴ baat⁸ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ yé⁴ bad³ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jɛː²¹ paːt̚³ jɛː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-iâ Peh-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: Tshit-iâ Peh-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chit'iaa peh'iaa
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ia²⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ia²³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ia²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-iâ Poeh-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: Tshit-iâ Pueh-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chit'iaa poeh'iaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ia²⁴ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/

Proper noun

七爺八爺

1. (chiefly Taiwan, religion) Heibai Wuchang (two deities in charge of escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 黑白無常 (“Heibai Wuchang”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		黑白無常, 范謝將軍, 謝范將軍
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	七爺八爺
	Singapore	黑白無常
Cantonese	Hong Kong	黑白無常
Southern Min	Tainan	七爺八爺, 矮躼伯仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大二阿伯, 大二爺伯