電光泡
Chinese
| flash of lightning; electric light | to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (電光泡) | 電光 | 泡 | |
| simp. (电光泡) | 电光 | 泡 | |
Pronunciation
- Northern Min (KCR): dīng-guáng-pāu
- Eastern Min (BUC): diêng-guŏng-*pâu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng5 gung1 por5 / deng5 gorng1 por5
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dīng-guáng-pāu
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ kuaŋ⁵⁴ pʰau⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: deng5 gung1 por5 [Phonetic: deng5 gung2 por5]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dēng-gng-pō̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɛŋ¹¹ kuŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ pʰɒ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: deng5 gorng1 por5 [Phonetic: deng5 gorng2 por5]
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɛŋ²¹ kɒŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ pʰɒ²¹/
- (Putian)
Noun
電光泡
- (Northern, Eastern and Puxian Min) light bulb
- (Eastern Min, figurative) third wheel (accompanying two people on a date)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 電燈泡 (“light bulb”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 電燈泡 (“third wheel”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 電燈泡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 電燈泡子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 電燈膽 |
| Hong Kong | 電燈膽, 飛利浦 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 電燈膽 | |
| Dongguan | 電燈膽 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 電燈膽 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 電燈膽 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 電光泡 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 電燈泡 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 電燈泡, 燈泡, 菲力浦 |
| Suzhou | 電燈泡 | |
| Hangzhou | 電燈泡 |
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “电光泡”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 142.