風燈

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Chinese

Etymology 1

 
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
lamp; light
trad. (風燈)
simp. (风灯)
風燈 (opium lamp)

Pronunciation


Noun

風燈

  1. lamp in the wind (often used figuratively to refer to the fickleness of life)
  2. windproof lantern; hurricane lamp; barn lantern
  3. (dialectal) decorative lantern
  4. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) opium lamp
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (風燈):

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Etymology 2

 
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
lamp; light
trad. (風燈)
simp. (风灯)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 風箏?”)

Pronunciation


Noun

風燈

  1. (Wuhan Mandarin, Gan, Shangyou Hakka, dialectal Xiang) kite (toy)
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