走馬燈

See also: 走马灯 and 走馬灯

Chinese

		to ride a horse; to go on horseback; to gallop away	lamp; light
trad. (走馬燈)		走馬	燈
simp. (走马灯)		走马	灯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǒumǎdēng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² maa⁵ dang¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): cháu-bé-teng

(Teochew, Peng'im): zao² bhê² dêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǒumǎdēng [Phonetic: zóumǎdēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǒumǎdeng
  - Wade–Giles: tsou³-ma³-têng¹
  - Yale: dzǒu-mǎ-dēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzooumaadeng
  - Palladius: цзоумадэн (czoumadɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǒumǎrdēng [Phonetic: zóumǎrdēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄇㄚˇㄦㄉㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǒumǎrdeng
  - Wade–Giles: tsou³-ma³-ʼrh-têng¹
  - Yale: dzǒu-mǎr-dēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzooumaaldeng
  - Palladius: цзоумардэн (czoumardɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau² maa⁵ dang¹
  - Yale: jáu máh dāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² maa⁵ dang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo² ma⁵ deng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ maː¹³ tɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cháu-bé-teng
  - Tâi-lô: tsáu-bé-ting
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaw'befdefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zao² bhê² dêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsáu bé teng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau⁵²⁻³⁵ be⁵²⁻³⁵ teŋ³³/

Noun

走馬燈

lantern adorned with paper horses which revolve in a circle
(figurative) constant busy circulation of people

Synonyms

(archaic) 轉燈／转灯 (zhuàndēng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (走馬燈):

→ Japanese: 走馬灯(そうまとう) (sōmatō)

走馬燈

Chinese

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