七爺八爺

Chinese


trad. (七爺八爺)		七爺	八爺
simp. (七爷八爷)		七爷	八爷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qīyé Bāyé

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄚㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ je⁴ baat³ je⁴
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): Chhit-iâ Peh-iâ / Chhit-iâ Poeh-iâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qīyé Bāyé
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄚㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ciyé Bayé
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻi¹-yeh² Pa¹-yeh²
  - Yale: Chī-yé Bā-yé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chiye Baye
  - Palladius: Цие Бае (Cije Baje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ jɛ³⁵ pä⁵⁵ jɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cat¹ je⁴ baat³ je⁴
  - Yale: chāt yèh baat yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ je⁴ baat⁸ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ yé⁴ bad³ yé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jɛː²¹ paːt̚³ jɛː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-iâ Peh-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: Tshit-iâ Peh-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chit'iaa peh'iaa
  - IPA (Tainan): /t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ia²⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ia²³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ia²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-iâ Poeh-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: Tshit-iâ Pueh-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chit'iaa poeh'iaa
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ia²⁴ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/

Proper noun

七爺八爺

(chiefly Taiwan, religion) Heibai Wuchang (two deities in charge of escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 黑白無常 (“Heibai Wuchang”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		黑白無常, 范謝將軍, 謝范將軍
Mandarin	Taiwan	七爺八爺
Mandarin	Singapore	黑白無常
Cantonese	Hong Kong	黑白無常
Min Nan	Tainan	七爺八爺, 矮躼伯仔
Min Nan	Singapore (Hokkien)	大二阿伯, 大二爺伯

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