闖紅燈

Chinese

		to rush; break through	red light; stop light; red lantern
trad. (闖紅燈)		闖	紅燈
simp. (闯红灯)		闯	红灯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuǎng hóngdēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong² hung⁴ dang¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cuang³ ang⁵ dêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuǎng hóngdēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuǎng hóngdeng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang³ hung²-têng¹
    • Yale: chwǎng húng-dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choang horngdeng
    • Palladius: чуан хундэн (čuan xundɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xʊŋ³⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong² hung⁴ dang¹
    • Yale: chóng hùhng dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong² hung⁴ dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong² hung⁴ deng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³⁵ hʊŋ²¹ tɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cuang³ ang⁵ dêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuàng âng teng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ teŋ³³/

Verb

闖⫽紅燈 (verb-object)

1. to run a red light; to jump a red light
2. (figurative) to brazenly defy rules; to violate prohibitions
3. (figurative, slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 衝紅燈／冲红灯