明燈

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	lamp; light
trad. (明燈)		明	燈
simp. (明灯)		明	灯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngdēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ dang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-teng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngdēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngdeng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-têng¹
    • Yale: míng-dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingdeng
    • Palladius: миндэн (mindɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ dang¹
    • Yale: mìhng dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ deng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ tɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-teng
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengdefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

明燈

1. bright lamp
2. (figurative) beacon