烽燧

Chinese

		beacon fire	fire; speculum
trad. (烽燧)		烽	燧
simp. ^#(烽燧)		烽	燧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngsuì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄙㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ seoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngsuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄙㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongsuèi
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-sui⁴
  - Yale: fēng-swèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengsuey
  - Palladius: фэнсуй (fɛnsuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ seoi⁶
  - Yale: fūng seuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ soey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ sêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯²²/

Noun

烽燧

system of smoke signals used in ancient China

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烽	燧
ほう Hyōgai	すい Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーすい [hòósúí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːsɨi]

Noun

烽(ほう)燧(すい) • (hōsui)

(historical) signal fire or beacon, used in ancient times to warn of the approach of an enemy

Synonyms

烽(とぶひ) (tobuhi)
狼煙(のろし) (noroshi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN