榜眼

Chinese

		a notice or announcement; a list of names; public roll of successful examinees	eye
simp. and trad. (榜眼)		榜	眼

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎngyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bong² ngaan⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): póng-gán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎngyǎn [Phonetic: bángyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎngyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pang³-yen³
    • Yale: bǎng-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baangyean
    • Palladius: банъянь (banʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bong² ngaan⁵
    • Yale: bóng ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bong² ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bong² ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: póng-gán
    • Tâi-lô: póng-gán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pofnggarn
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Philippines): /pɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡan⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

榜眼

1. (historical) second place in the imperial examinations, just below the zhuangyuan
2. (by extension) runner-up
3. (Philippine Hokkien, dice games) a dice roll of either, three of a kind (with two sets of three dice of the same face, except four) or straight (with all die faces in sequence) in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game

   Synonyms: 對堂／对堂 (duìtáng), 探花 (tànhuā)