戶尉

Chinese

		a household; door; family	milit. official; to quiet
trad. (戶尉)		戶	尉
simp. (户尉)		户	尉

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-ùi / hō͘-ùiⁿ / hō͘-ì

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-ùi
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ ui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-ùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-uìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hox'vuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ uĩ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-ì
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ i²¹/

Noun

戶尉

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Chinese folk religion) door god (Chinese deity thought to protect against from evil spirits whose pictures are pasted on doors)

Synonyms

• 門神／门神 (ménshén)
• (Hokkien) 門尪／门尪