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): ㄉㄥ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄕㄣˊ
    • 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

1. (fiction) genie of a magic lamp
2. (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)