點天燈
Chinese
editpoint; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word) |
moon; lantern hanging on a pole; high-hanging lantern | ||
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trad. (點天燈) | 點 | 天燈 | |
simp. (点天灯) | 点 | 天灯 | |
Literally: “to lit an open-air lamp”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: diǎn tiandeng
- Wade–Giles: tien3 tʻien1-têng1
- Yale: dyǎn tyān-dēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dean tiandeng
- Palladius: дянь тяньдэн (djanʹ tjanʹdɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dim2 tin1 dang1
- Yale: dím tīn dāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dim2 tin1 dang1
- Guangdong Romanization: dim2 tin1 deng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiːm³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
edit點⫽天燈 (verb-object)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 點/点 (diǎn), 天燈/天灯 (tiāndēng).
- (historical) to burn someone's body hung on a stake, either as execution or post-mortem humiliation