烽燧

Chinese

		beacon fire	fire; speculum
trad. (烽燧)		烽	燧
simp. #(烽燧)		烽	燧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngsuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ seoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngsuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongsuèi
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-sui⁴
    • Yale: fēng-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengsuey
    • Palladius: фэнсуй (fɛnsuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ seoi⁶
    • Yale: fūng seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯²²/

Noun

烽燧

1. system of smoke signals used in ancient China

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烽	燧
ほう Hyōgai	すい Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほーすい [hòósúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːsɨi]

Noun

烽(ほう)燧(すい) • (hōsui) 

1. (historical) signal fire or beacon, used in ancient times to warn of the approach of an enemy

Synonyms

• 烽(とぶひ) (tobuhi)
• 狼煙(のろし) (noroshi)