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狼煙

狼煙

See also: 狼烟

Chinese

		wolf	cigarette; tobacco; smoke
trad. (狼煙)		狼	煙
simp. (狼烟)		狼	烟

Noun

狼煙

smoke from the wolf dung burnt to signal warfare; fire beacon; smoke signal
(figuratively) war; flames of war

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狼	煙
Jinmeiyō	Grade: S
Irregular

Alternative forms

Noun

狼煙 ‎(hiragana のろし, romaji noroshi)

smoke signal, skyrocket, signal fire

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): lángyān

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ ㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴ jin¹
Min Nan (POJ): lông-ian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: lángyān
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ ㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: langian
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵ i̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: long⁴ jin¹
  - Yale: lòhng yīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴ jin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹ jiːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông-ian
  - Tâi-lô: lông-ian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: long'iefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³⁻²² iɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³⁻³³ iɛn⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /lɑŋ ʔen/▼

Rime
Character	狼	煙
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	魯當切	烏前切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ/	/ʔen/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ/	/ʔen/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ/	/ʔɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ/	/ʔɛn/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ/	/ʔen/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ/	/ien/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑŋ/	/ʔien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	láng	yān