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Chinese
| helping hungry ghosts who are suffering by offering them food | to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting | ||
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| trad. (盂蘭盆會) | 盂蘭盆 | 會 | |
| simp. (盂兰盆会) | 盂兰盆 | 会 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): Yúlánpénhuì
- (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄆㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu4 laan4 pun4 wui6-2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Yúlánpénhuì
- Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄆㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Yúlánpénhuèi
- Wade–Giles: Yü2-lan2-pʻên2-hui4
- Yale: Yú-lán-pén-hwèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yulanpernhuey
- Palladius: Юйланьпэньхуэй (Jujlanʹpɛnʹxuej)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y³⁵ län³⁵ pʰən³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu4 laan4 pun4 wui6-2
- Yale: yùh làahn pùhn wúi
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4 laan4 pun4 wui6-2
- Guangdong Romanization: yu4 lan4 pun4 wui6-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː²¹ laːn²¹ pʰuːn²¹ wuːi̯²²⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
盂蘭盆會
- (Buddhism) Ghost Festival; Ullambana Festival