燈神

Chinese

		lamp; light	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (燈神)		燈	神
simp. (灯神)		灯	神

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dēngshén

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄥㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ san⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dēngshén
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄥㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dengshén
  - Wade–Giles: têng¹-shên²
  - Yale: dēng-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengshern
  - Palladius: дэншэнь (dɛnšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dang¹ san⁴
  - Yale: dāng sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/

Noun

燈神

(fiction) genie of a magic lamp
(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, sarcastic) one who often makes incorrect predictions; jinx

Synonyms

(jinx): 烏鴉嘴／乌鸦嘴 (wūyāzuǐ), (Cantonese) 烏鴉口／乌鸦口, (Mainland China) 毒奶 (dúnǎi)

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