風燈

風燈

1. lamp in the wind (often used figuratively to refer to the fickleness of life)
2. windproof lantern; hurricane lamp; barn lantern
3. (dialectal) decorative lantern
4. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) opium lamp
   • c. 1920–1930, “新樣鴉片歌”, in 最新鴉片風流歌‎^[1], Shanghai: 開文書局, page 5:

     癮頭一下起　風燈烟盤再整理 [Hokkien, trad.]
     瘾头一下起　风灯烟盘再整理 [Hokkien, simp.]

     giàn-thâu chi̍t-ē khí, hong-teng hun-pôaⁿ chài chéng-lí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Once the craving comes up, the lamp and the opium tray will again be set up

• (windproof lantern): 風雨燈／风雨灯 (fēngyǔdēng), 馬燈／马灯 (mǎdēng); (Hokkien) 牛目燈／牛目灯, 保家燈／保家灯, 磅燈／磅灯

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “風燈” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 風箏?”)

風燈

1. (dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Jiangxi Hakka, Loudi and Shuangfeng Xiang) kite (toy)