青紅燈
Chinese
| green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.) | red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular |
lamp; light | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (青紅燈) | 青 | 紅 | 燈 | |
| simp. (青红灯) | 青 | 红 | 灯 | |
| anagram | 紅青燈／红青灯 | |||
| Literally: “green red light”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-fùng-tên
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): chheⁿ-âng-teng / chhiⁿ-âng-teng
- (Teochew, Peng'im): cên1 ang5 dêng1
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-fùng-tên
- Hakka Romanization System: qiangˊ fungˇ denˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: qiang1 fung2 den1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴ fuŋ¹¹ ten²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-âng-teng
- Tâi-lô: tshenn-âng-ting
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhve'angdefng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ aŋ²³⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ aŋ²⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-âng-teng
- Tâi-lô: tshinn-âng-ting
- Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'angdefng
- IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ teŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cên1 ang5 dêng1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ âng teng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ teŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan)
Noun
青紅燈
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 紅綠燈 (“traffic light”) [map]
Further reading
- “青紅燈”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.