霓虹

Chinese

	secondary rainbow	primary rainbow
trad. (霓虹)	霓	虹
simp. ^#(霓虹)	霓	虹
anagram	虹霓

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): níhóng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ hung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngì-fùng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gê-hông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: níhóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: níhóng
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-hung²
  - Yale: ní-húng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihorng
  - Palladius: нихун (nixun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ hung⁴
  - Yale: ngàih hùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ hung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ hung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì-fùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi^ˇ fung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² fung²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹ fuŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê-hông
  - Tâi-lô: gê-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ge'hoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡe²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡe¹³⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡe²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/

Noun

霓虹

rainbow

Synonyms

虹霓 (hóngní)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English neon via Shanghainese. For Taiwanese Hokkien ne-óng, via Japanese ネオン (neon).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): níhóng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ hung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngì-fùng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gê-hông / nî-hông / nê-hông / nê-âng / ne-óng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni-ghon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: níhóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: níhóng
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-hung²
  - Yale: ní-húng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihorng
  - Palladius: нихун (nixun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ hung⁴
  - Yale: ngàih hùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ hung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ hung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì-fùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi^ˇ fung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² fung²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹ fuŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê-hông
  - Tâi-lô: gê-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ge'hoong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡe²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡe²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡe¹³⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-hông
  - Tâi-lô: nî-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'hoong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nê-hông
  - Tâi-lô: nê-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ne'hoong
  - IPA (Taipei): /nẽ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nẽ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nê-âng
  - Tâi-lô: nê-âng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ne'aang
  - IPA (Taipei): /nẽ²⁴⁻¹¹ aŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nẽ²³⁻³³ aŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ne-óng
  - Tâi-lô: ne-óng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ne'orng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni-ghon
  - MiniDict: nyi^去 ghon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-hhon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² ɦoŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

霓虹

neon
neon light; neon lamp
- 2001, “布魯斯的暗暝”, 魏寧 (lyrics)‎^[1]performed by 白冰冰 [Pai Bing-bing]:
  
  無情城市　霓虹閃熾 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  无情城市　霓虹闪炽 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  bô-chêng siâⁿ-chhī, nê-hông siám-sih [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2009, “癡情有啥意義 [Infatuation Is Nothing]”, 李岩修 (lyrics), 徐嘉良 (music)‎^[2]performed by 蘇路 [Su Lu] and 陳文山 [Chen Wenshan]:
  
  七彩霓虹閃爍　照出阮心傷悲 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  七彩霓虹闪烁　照出阮心伤悲 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  chhit-chhái nî-hông siám-sih, chiò chhut gún sim siong-pi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The colourful neon lights are flashing, exposing the sorrows in my heart
- 2016, 鄭喬安 (lyrics and music), “38舞”‎^[3]performed by 丁姵均:
  
  霓虹閃爍的夜都市 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  霓虹闪烁的夜都市 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  nê-âng siám-sih ê iā to͘-chhī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  A city at night with neon lights flashing
- 2018, “再會啦！家己”, 十方 (lyrics), 曹俊鴻 (music)‎^[4]performed by 許富凱 [Henry Hsu]:
  
  遺憾就當作往事中的霓虹 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  遗憾就当作往事中的霓虹 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  ûi-hām tiō tòng-chòe óng-sū tiong ê ne-óng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Just treat regrets as neon lights in the past
- 2020, “這樣好嗎 [How About This]”, 韋禮安 [WeiBird] (lyrics), 韋禮安 [WeiBird], 江尚謙, and 黃耀圻 (music)‎^[5]performed by 韋禮安 [WeiBird]:
  
  城市霓虹不到六點半就不安 [MSC, trad.]
  城市霓虹不到六点半就不安 [MSC, simp.]
  chéngshì níhóng bù dào liù diǎn bàn jiù bù'ān [Pinyin]
  The neon lights in the city, before it is 6:30, are already restless

Synonyms

(neon): (chemistry) 氖 (nǎi)

Derived terms

霓虹燈／霓虹灯 (níhóngdēng)

Etymology 3

Phono-semantic matching from Japanese 日(に)本(ほん) (Nihon).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Níhóng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Níhóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Níhóng
  - Wade–Giles: Ni²-hung²
  - Yale: Ní-húng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nihorng
  - Palladius: Нихун (Nixun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

霓虹

(～國) (Internet slang) Japan

Synonyms

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11區／11区 (shíyī-qū) (Internet slang)
倭 (historical, now pejorative)
日本 (Rìběn)
日本國／日本国 (Rìběnguó) (official)
東洋／东洋 (Dōngyáng) (archaic)
東瀛／东瀛 (Dōngyíng) (literary, poetic)
鄉下／乡下 (hoeng1 haa6-2) (Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous)

Derived terms

霓虹金 (níhóngjīn)