吸頂燈

Chinese

		to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")	lamp; light
trad. (吸頂燈)		吸	頂	燈
simp. (吸顶灯)		吸	顶	灯

Etymology

吸頂／吸顶 (“to stick to the ceiling”) may be a phono-semantic matching of English ceiling.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīdǐngdēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ deng² dang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīdǐngdēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sidǐngdeng
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-ting³-têng¹
    • Yale: syī-dǐng-dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shidiingdeng
    • Palladius: сидиндэн (sidindɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ deng² dang¹
    • Yale: kāp déng dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ deng² dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ déng² deng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ tɛːŋ³⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

吸頂燈

1. ceiling light