霓虹

Chinese

		secondary rainbow	primary rainbow
simp. and trad. (霓虹)		霓	虹
anagram		虹霓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níhóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ hung⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): gê-hông / nî-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: níhóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihorng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níhóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴ hung⁴
    • Yale: ngàih hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê-hông
    • Tâi-lô: gê-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ge'hoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ge²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ge²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ge¹³⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ge²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-hông
    • Tâi-lô: nî-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'hoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/

Etymology 1

Noun

霓虹

1. rainbow

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English neon.

Noun

霓虹

1. neon
2. neon light; neon lamp

Synonyms

• (neon): (chemistry) 氖 (nǎi)

Derived terms

• 霓虹燈／霓虹灯 (níhóngdēng)

Etymology 3

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese 日本 (Nihon).

Proper noun

霓虹

1. (～國) (Internet slang) Japan

Derived terms

• 霓虹金 (níhóngjīn)