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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: níhóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihorng
  - IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ hung⁴
  - Yale: ngàih hùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ hung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ hung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream 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: mainstream 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

rainbow

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English neon.

Noun

霓虹

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

(～國) (Internet slang) Japan

Derived terms

霓虹金 (níhóngjīn)

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