Chinese edit

market; city electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (市電)
simp. (市电)

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Noun edit

市電

  1. mains electricity

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Japanese edit

 
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市電 (shiden): a city-operated tram.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
でん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Shortening of 市営 (shiei, municipal, operated by the city) +‎ 電車 (densha, electric train).[1][2]

Alternately, shortening of 市内 (shinai, within a city, intracity) +‎ 電車 (densha, electric train).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(でん) (shiden

  1. Short for 市営電車: a municipal (electric) train, a train operated by the city government
  2. Short for 市内電車: a tram, a streetcar

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN