水燈

Chinese

		water; river	lamp; light
trad. (水燈)		水	燈
simp. (水灯)		水	灯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐdēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² dang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-teng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐdēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěideng
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-têng¹
    • Yale: shwěi-dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeideng
    • Palladius: шуйдэн (šujdɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² dang¹
    • Yale: séui dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² deng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-teng
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'defng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

水燈

1. lantern set afloat in rivers to guide lost souls to the afterlife