番囝燈

Chinese

foreigner, especially a Westerner lamp; light
trad. (番囝燈) 番囝
simp. (番囝灯) 番囝

Pronunciation


  • Puxian Min
    • (Putian)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: huang1 gyor3 deng1 [Phonetic: huang5 ngyor5 leng1]
      • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: huang-giô̤ⁿ-deng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /huaŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ (k-)ŋyɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ (t-)lɛŋ⁵³³/

Noun

番囝燈

  1. (Putian Puxian Min) small kerosene lamp

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), “番囝灯”, 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 292.