沾光

Chinese

		infected by; moisten; receive favours	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (沾光)		沾	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhānguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ gwong¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-kong / chiam-kng / chiam-kuiⁿ / tiam-kng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhānguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhanguang
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹-kuang¹
    • Yale: jān-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janguang
    • Palladius: чжаньгуан (čžanʹguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ gwong¹
    • Yale: jīm gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-kong
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamkofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-kng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamk'ngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ kŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² kŋ̍⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-kuiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-kuinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamkvuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² kuĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiam-kng
    • Tâi-lô: tiam-kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diamk'ngf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiam⁴⁴⁻²² kŋ̍⁴⁴/

Verb

沾光

1. to benefit from an association with someone

Synonyms

• (polite) 叨光 (tāoguāng)