曙光

Chinese

		dawn; the dawn of a new epoch (metaphor)	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (曙光)		曙	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵ gwong¹, syu⁵ gwong¹, syu⁶ gwong¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sú-kong / sír-kong / sí-kong / sū-kong / sú-kng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔguang
    • Wade–Giles: shu³-kuang¹
    • Yale: shǔ-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuuguang
    • Palladius: шугуан (šuguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔguāngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄤㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔguangr
    • Wade–Giles: shu³-kuang¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: shǔ-gwāngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuuguangl
    • Palladius: шугуанр (šuguanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu⁵ gwong¹, syu⁵ gwong¹, syu⁶ gwong¹
    • Yale: chyúh gwōng, syúh gwōng, syuh gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵ gwong¹, sy⁵ gwong¹, sy⁶ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵ guong¹, xu⁵ guong¹, xu⁶ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː¹³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /syː¹³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /syː²² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-kong
    • Tâi-lô: sú-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'kofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír-kong
    • Tâi-lô: sír-kong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-kong
    • Tâi-lô: sí-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'kofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-kong
    • Tâi-lô: sū-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxkofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-kng
    • Tâi-lô: sú-kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'kngf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kŋ̍⁴⁴/

Noun

曙光

1. the first light of dawn; the first streak of daylight
2. (figurative) rays of hope; dawn; prospects

   勝利的曙光／胜利的曙光  ―  shènglì de shǔguāng  ―  dawn of victory

Derived terms

• 一線曙光／一线曙光
• 曙光乍現／曙光乍现

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曙	光
しょ Jinmeiyō	こう Grade: 2

Noun

曙(しょ)光(こう) • (shokō) 

1. daybreak, the first light of dawn
2. rays of hope, prospects