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

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• 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 ㄇㄚˇㄦ ㄉㄥ
    • 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

1. lantern adorned with paper horses which revolve in a circle
2. (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)

See also

• 跑馬燈／跑马灯 (pǎomǎdēng)

Further reading

• Photo of 走馬燈