黑白無常
Chinese
| black and white; right and wrong; good and evil | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (黑白無常) | 黑白 | 無常 | |
| simp. (黑白无常) | 黑白 | 无常 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Hēibái Wúcháng
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄅㄞˊ ㄨˊ ㄔㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Heibái Wúcháng
- Wade–Giles: Hei1-pai2 Wu2-chʻang2
- Yale: Hēi-bái Wú-cháng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Heibair Wucharng
- Palladius: Хэйбай Учан (Xɛjbaj Učan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hak1 baak6 mou4 soeng4
- Yale: hāk baahk mòuh sèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hak7 baak9 mou4 soeng4
- Guangdong Romanization: heg1 bag6 mou4 sêng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐk̚⁵ paːk̚² mou̯²¹ sœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
黑白無常
- (religion) Heibai Wuchang (two deities in charge of escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 黑白無常 (“Heibai Wuchang”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 黑白無常, 范謝將軍, 謝范將軍 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 七爺八爺 |
| Singapore | 黑白無常 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 黑白無常 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 七爺八爺, 矮躼伯仔 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 大二阿伯, 大二爺伯 | |