綠燈

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See also: 绿灯

Chinese

		green	lamp; light
trad. (綠燈)		綠	燈
simp. (绿灯)		绿	灯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǜdēng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ dang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k-teng / lia̍k-teng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǜdēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lyùdeng
  - Wade–Giles: lü⁴-têng¹
  - Yale: lyù-dēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuhdeng
  - Palladius: люйдэн (ljujdɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk⁶ dang¹
  - Yale: luhk dāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ dang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ deng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² tɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-teng
  - Tâi-lô: li̍k-ting
  - Phofsit Daibuun: legdefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-teng
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍k-ting
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liagdefng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴⁻² tiɪŋ³³/

Noun

綠燈

(literally, figuratively) green light (Classifier: 盞／盏 m c; 眼 c)
- 慢慢等　等紅燈　變綠燈 [MSC, trad.]
  慢慢等　等红灯　变绿灯 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2009, 韋禮安 (William Wei), 慢慢等 (Slowly Wait)
  mànmàn děng, děng hóngdēng, biàn lǜdēng
  Slowly wait, wait for the red light to turn into a green light

Derived terms

開綠燈 / 开绿灯 (kāi lǜdēng)

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