燈謎

Chinese

		lamp; light	riddle
trad. (燈謎)		燈	謎
simp. (灯谜)		灯	谜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēngmí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄇㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ mai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tên-mì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): teng-bê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng¹ mi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngmí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dengmí
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹-mi²
    • Yale: dēng-mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengmi
    • Palladius: дэнми (dɛnmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ mi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang¹ mai⁴
    • Yale: dāng màih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ mai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ mei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ mɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tên-mì
    • Hakka Romanization System: den^ˊ mi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: den¹ mi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ten²⁴ mi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-bê
    • Tâi-lô: ting-bê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dengbee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² be²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³ be²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² be¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ be²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ be²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dêng¹ mi⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: teng mĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ³³⁻²³ mi³⁵/

Noun

燈謎

1. “lantern riddle” (traditional game during the Lantern Festival, in which riddles are pasted on hanging lanterns)

   猜燈謎／猜灯谜  ―  cāi dēngmí  ―  to guess lantern riddles

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 燈猜／灯猜

Derived terms

• 打燈謎／打灯谜