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英雄

Pronunciation

Peng'im: êng1 hiong5
POJ: eng-hiông
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Whether the fronting extends to the nasal-coda rime is less clearly attested than for the open rime. Verify before citing. No source located: Wikipedia's fronting list covers the nasalised-vowel rime (ĩõ) and the checked rime (ioʔ), not a true nasal-CODA rime like this one, and Learn Teochew's regional-differences section explicitly says it does not address codas at all. This value is an editorial extrapolation from the attested open-rime pattern, not independently sourced.

Meanings and usage

noun: hero
英雄

Usage: figuratively, literally

Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war

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