火水燈

Chinese

		kerosene	lamp; light
trad. (火水燈)		火水	燈
simp. (火水灯)		火水	灯

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fo² seoi² dang¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fo² sui² ang^1*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² seoi² dang¹
    • Yale: fó séui dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² soey² dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² sêu² deng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fo² sui² ang^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fᵘɔ⁵⁵ sui⁵⁵ aŋ³³⁻³³⁵/

Noun

火水燈

1. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin) kerosene lamp; paraffin lamp
   • 1902, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, second edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, pages 198–199:

     係吖、火水拿、先二十年個陣時不過有幾個西人使呮。而家拿、通城都有火水共火水燈賣、唔止城添、鄉下都有得出賣咯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     系吖、火水拿、先二十年个阵时不过有几个西人使呮。而家拿、通城都有火水共火水灯卖、唔止城添、乡下都有得出卖咯。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     hai⁶ aa¹, fo² seoi² naa⁴, sin¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ nin⁴ go³ zan⁶ si^4-2 bat¹ gwo³ jau⁵ gei² go³ sai¹ jan⁴ sai² zek¹. ji⁴ gaa¹ naa⁴, tung¹ seng⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ fo² seoi² gung⁶ fo² seoi² dang¹ maai⁶, m⁴ zi² seng^4-2 tim¹, hoeng¹ haa⁵ dou¹ jau⁵ dak¹ ceot¹ maai⁶ lok³. [Jyutping]

     Yes; kerosene, for instance. Twenty years ago it was only used by a few foreigners in China; and now kerosene and kerosene lamps are for sale all over the city; and not only in the city, but in the country as well.

Synonyms

• 煤油燈／煤油灯 (méiyóudēng)