青紅火

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (青紅火)		青	紅	火
simp. (青红火)		青	红	火
Literally: “green red light”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-âng-hé / chhiⁿ-âng-hóe / chhiⁿ-âng-hér

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-âng-hé
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-âng-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'anghea
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ he⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-âng-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-âng-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'anghoea
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ hue⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-âng-hér
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-âng-hér
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ hə⁴²/

Noun

青紅火

1. (Singapore Hokkien and Teochew) traffic light

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紅綠燈 (“traffic light”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紅綠燈, 交通信號燈, 號誌, 交通燈
Mandarin	Beijing	紅綠燈兒
	Taiwan	紅綠燈
	Guilin	紅綠燈
	Malaysia	紅綠燈, 紅青燈
	Singapore	紅綠燈, 交通燈
Cantonese	Hong Kong	紅綠燈, 交通燈
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	青紅燈
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	紅綠燈
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	紅青燈
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	青紅燈
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	青紅燈
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	紅青燈
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	紅青燈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	紅青燈
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青紅燈
Southern Min	Xiamen	紅綠燈
	Zhao'an	紅綠燈
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	青紅燈
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	青紅燈
	Kaohsiung	青紅燈
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	青紅燈
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	青紅燈
	Yilan (Toucheng)	青紅燈
	Tainan	青紅燈
	Tainan (Anping)	青紅燈
	Kinmen	紅綠燈
	Penghu (Xiyu)	青紅燈
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅青火
	Singapore (Hokkien)	青紅火, 青紅燈
	Longyan	紅綠燈
	Singapore (Teochew)	青紅燈, 青紅火
	Qionghai	紅綠燈
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	紅綠燈
Wu	Shanghai	紅綠燈