冥衣

Chinese

		dark; deep	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
simp. and trad. (冥衣)		冥	衣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵ ji¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngyi
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-i¹
    • Yale: míng-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingi
    • Palladius: минъи (minʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁵ ji¹
    • Yale: míhng yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³ jiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-i
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beng'y
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² i³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/

Noun

冥衣

1. paper clothes given to cadavers for cremation; grave or burial clothes

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 經衣／经衣, 經衣紙／经衣纸, 紙衫／纸衫