登登登凳

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (登登登凳)		登	登	登	凳
alternative forms		燈燈燈凳／灯灯灯凳 登登登櫈 燈燈燈櫈／灯灯灯櫈

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the first four notes of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ dang¹ dang¹ dang³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang¹ dang¹ dang¹ dang³
    • Yale: dāng dāng dāng dang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ dang¹ dang¹ dang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ deng¹ deng¹ deng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵ tɐŋ³³/

Phrase

登登登凳

1. (Cantonese) Used to signify the appearance of a person or an object. (clarification of this definition is needed)

See also

• 登登登鄧／登登登邓 (dang1 dang1 dang1 dang6)