燈謎 [灯谜]

Jyutping dang1 mai4
Pinyin dēng mí

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
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    lantern riddles; during festivals such as the Lantern Festival (元宵) or Mid-autumn (中秋), lanterns with riddles on them would be put up on display, and people, mostly children and young people, would try to guess the meaning of the riddle
    • 出燈謎
      出灯谜
      ceot1 dang1 mai4
      to write a lantern riddle
    • 猜燈謎
      猜灯谜
      caai1 dang1 mai4
      to guess the lantern riddles
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    “lantern riddle” (traditional game during the Lantern Festival, in which riddles are pasted on hanging lanterns)
    (syn.) 燈猜, 灯猜
    • 猜燈謎
      猜灯谜
      cāi dēng mí
      to guess lantern riddles
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    元宵节要猜灯谜。
    元宵節要猜燈謎。
    yuán xiāo jié yào cāi dēng mí 。
    • It is a must to guess lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    啲灯谜嘅谜底系咩啊？
    啲燈謎嘅謎底係咩啊？
    di1 dang1 mai4 ge3 mai4 dai2 hai6 me1 aa3?
    • What are the answers of these lantern riddles?
  2. Cantonese
    灯谜
    燈謎
    • lantern riddle
  3. Cantonese
    出灯谜
    出燈謎
    ceot1 dang1 mai4
    • to write a lantern riddle
  4. Cantonese
    猜灯谜
    猜燈謎
    caai1 dang1 mai4
    • to guess the lantern riddles
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    猜灯谜
    猜燈謎
    cāi dēng mí
    • to guess lantern riddles