燈泡

See also: 灯泡

Chinese

		lamp; light	to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen
trad. (燈泡)		燈	泡
simp. (灯泡)		灯	泡
alternative forms		灯炮 proscribed

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēngpào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄆㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dang¹ paau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ang¹ pok² / ang¹ bok²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): teng-phā / teng-phāu / teng-pha

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng¹ pa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngpào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄆㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dengpào
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹-pʻao⁴
    • Yale: dēng-pàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengpaw
    • Palladius: дэнпао (dɛnpao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngpàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄆㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dengpàor
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹-pʻao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dēng-pàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengpawl
    • Palladius: дэнпаор (dɛnpaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ pʰaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang¹ paau¹
    • Yale: dāng pāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ paau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ pao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ pʰaːu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ang¹ pok² / ang¹ bok²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ³³ pʰɔk̚⁵⁵/, /aŋ³³ pɔk̚⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-phā
    • Tâi-lô: ting-phā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dengpha
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pʰa²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-phāu
    • Tâi-lô: ting-phāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dengphau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pʰau²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-pha
    • Tâi-lô: ting-pha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dengphaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³ pʰa³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dêng¹ pa⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: teng phă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ³³⁻²³ pʰa³⁵/

Noun

燈泡

1. light bulb (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)
2. (figurative) third wheel (accompanying two people on a date) (Classifier: 個／个 m)

Synonyms

• (light bulb):

Dialectal synonyms of 電燈泡 (“light bulb”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		電燈泡, 燈泡
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	電燈泡兒, 燈泡兒, 燈泡子
	Taiwan	電燈泡, 燈泡
	Harbin	燈泡兒, 泡子
	Singapore	電燈泡, 燈泡
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	燈泡兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	泡子
	Wanrong	燈泡
	Xuzhou	電燈泡兒, 電燈泡子, 泡子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	電燈泡子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	泡子
	Wuhan	泡子
	Guiyang	泡子, 電燈泡
	Liuzhou	電燈膽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	燈泡子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	電燈膽, 燈膽, 燈泡
	Hong Kong	電燈膽, 燈膽
	Taishan	電膽, 燈膽, 燈泡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	電燈膽, 燈膽
	Dongguan	電燈膽
Gan	Nanchang	燈泡子, 泡子
	Lichuan	燈泡
	Pingxiang	燈泡子, 泡子
Hakka	Meixian	電燈膽, 燈膽
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	電燈膽
	Yudu	燈泡子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	電球仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鴨胲仔, 電球
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	電球
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	電火珠, 電球
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	電球
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	電火球
Huizhou	Jixi	電燈泡, 燈泡
Jin	Taiyuan	泡子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	電光泡, 燈泡, 泡仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	電光泡
Southern Min	Xiamen	電珠, 電葩
	Quanzhou	電珠
	Zhangzhou	電葩
	Kaohsiung	電火球仔, 電火探仔
	Yilan	電火珠仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	電珠仔
	Taichung	電球仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	電火球仔
	Tainan	電火泡仔
	Taitung	電火球仔
	Hsinchu	電球
	Penghu (Magong)	電球
	Penang (Hokkien)	電珠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	電珠
	Shantou	燈膽, 燈泡
	Jieyang	電膽, 電燈泡, 電泡
	Leizhou	燈膽
	Haikou	電燈膽, 燈膽
Wu	Shanghai	電燈泡
	Suzhou	電燈泡
	Danyang	燈泡
	Hangzhou	電燈泡
	Jinhua	電燈泡, 燈泡
Xiang	Changsha	泡子
	Loudi	泡子

• (third wheel):

Dialectal synonyms of 電燈泡 (“third wheel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	電燈泡
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	電燈泡子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	電燈膽
	Hong Kong	電燈膽, 飛利浦
	Kaiping (Chikan)	電燈膽
	Dongguan	電燈膽
Hakka	Meixian	電燈膽
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	電燈膽
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	電光泡
Southern Min	Jieyang	電燈泡
Wu	Shanghai	電燈泡, 燈泡, 菲力浦
	Suzhou	電燈泡
	Hangzhou	電燈泡