燈謎
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Chinese
| lamp; light | riddle | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (燈謎) | 燈 | 謎 | |
| simp. (灯谜) | 灯 | 谜 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄇㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dengmí
- Wade–Giles: têng1-mi2
- Yale: dēng-mí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengmi
- Palladius: дэнми (dɛnmi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ mi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dang1 mai4
- Yale: dāng màih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dang1 mai4
- Guangdong Romanization: deng1 mei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ mɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tên-mì
- Hakka Romanization System: denˊ miˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: den1 mi2
- Sinological IPA: /ten²⁴ mi¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Noun
燈謎
- “lantern riddle” (traditional game during the Lantern Festival, in which riddles are pasted on hanging lanterns)