綠燈

See also: 绿灯

Chinese

		green	lamp; light
trad. (綠燈)		綠	燈
simp. (绿灯)		绿	灯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǜdēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ dang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k-teng / lia̍k-teng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸loq-ten₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǜdēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyùdeng
    • Wade–Giles: lü⁴-têng¹
    • Yale: lyù-dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuhdeng
    • Palladius: люйдэн (ljujdɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ dang¹
    • Yale: luhk dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ deng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² tɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-teng
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: legdefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-teng
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k-ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liagdefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴⁻² tiɪŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸loq-ten₁
    • MiniDict: loh^入 ten^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵loq-ten₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loʔ¹¹ tən²³/

Noun

綠燈

1. (literally, figuratively) green light (Classifier: 盞／盏 m c; 眼 c)

   • 慢慢等　等紅燈　變綠燈 [MSC, trad.]
     慢慢等　等红灯　变绿灯 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2009, 韋禮安 (William Wei), 慢慢等 (Slowly Wait)

     mànmàn děng, děng hóngdēng, biàn lǜdēng [Pinyin]

     Slowly wait, wait for the red light to turn into a green light

Derived terms

• 開綠燈 / 开绿灯 (kāi lǜdēng)