光年

Chinese

		light	year
simp. and trad. (光年)		光	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ nin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangnián
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-nien²
    • Yale: gwāng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangnian
    • Palladius: гуаннянь (guannjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: gwōng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-liân
    • Tâi-lô: kong-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: konglieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/

Classifier

光年

1. (astronomy) light year

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光	年
こう Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Appears to be a calque of English light year.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーねん [kòónéń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) こ​ーねん [kóꜜònèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

光(こう)年(ねん) • (kōnen) ^{←くわうねん (kwaunen)?}

1. (astronomy) a light year

Counter

光(こう)年(ねん) • (-kōnen) ^{←くわうねん (kwaunen)?}

1. (astronomy) light year

   宇(う)宙(ちゅう)の直(ちょっ)径(けい)は約(やく) 930(きゅうひゃくさんじゅう)億(おく)光(こう)年(ねん)だ。

   Uchū no chokkei wa yaku kyūhyakusanjū-oku kōnen da.

   The diameter of the universe is some 93 billion light years.

   • 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ニューイヤー星(せい)調(ちょう)査(さ)行(こう) (ニューイヤー星(せい)調(ちょう)査(さ)行(こう))”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 73:

     地(ち)球(きゅう)自(じ)身(しん)すでに銀(ぎん)河(が)系(けい)の外(はず)れにあるといえるが、そこからさらに六(ろく)万(まん)光(こう)年(ねん)渦(か)分(ぶん)子(し)の先(さき)っぽに……、ロルカル系(けい)第(だい)三(さん)惑(わく)星(せい)「ニューイヤー」がある。

     Chikyū jishin sude ni Gingakei no hazure ni aru to ieru ga, soko kara sara ni rokuman kōnen kabunshi no sakippo ni……, Rorukaru-kei dai-san wakusei “Nyū Iyā” ga aru.

     Earth is essentially situated in the extremity of the Milky Way, sixty thousand light years from which, at the tip of the vortex molecules..., is “New Year”, the third planet of the Lorcal system.

References

• “光年”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
• “光年”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
• “光年”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

Korean

Hanja in this term
光	年

Noun

光年 • (gwangnyeon) (hangeul 광년)

1. Hanja form^? of 광년 (“light year”).