狼煙
See also: 狼烟
Chinese
| wolf | cigarette; tobacco; smoke | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (狼煙) | 狼 | 煙 | |
| simp. (狼烟) | 狼 | 烟 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lángyān
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ ㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lángyan
- Wade–Giles: lang2-yen1
- Yale: láng-yān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: langian
- Palladius: ланъянь (lanʺjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑŋ³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: long4 jin1
- Yale: lòhng yīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: long4 jin1
- Guangdong Romanization: long4 yin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔːŋ²¹ jiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông-ian
- Tâi-lô: lông-ian
- Phofsit Daibuun: long'iefn
- IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iɛn³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³⁻²² iɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³⁻³³ iɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: lang 'en
Noun
狼煙
- smoke from the wolf dung burnt to signal warfare; fire beacon; smoke signal
- (figurative) war; flames of war
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 狼 | 煙 |
| のろし | |
| Jinmeiyō | Grade: S |
| jukujikun | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 狼烟 烽火 |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 狼煙 / 狼烟 (lángyān, literally “wolf smoke”), supposedly derived from the use in China of wolves' droppings in signal fires.
Pronunciation
Noun
狼煙 • (noroshi)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 狼 | 煙 |
| ろう Jinmeiyō |
えん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Learned borrowing from Chinese 狼煙 / 狼烟 (lángyān)
Pronunciation
Noun
狼煙 • (rōen)