光線

See also: 光线

Chinese edit

		light; ray; bright	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (光線/光綫)		光	線/綫
simp. (光线)		光	线

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāngxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ sin³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kông-sien
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kng-sòaⁿ / kuiⁿ-sòaⁿ / kong-sòaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ suan³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹kuaon-shi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāngxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guangsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: kuang¹-hsien⁴
  - Yale: gwāng-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangshiann
  - Palladius: гуансянь (guansjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong¹ sin³
  - Yale: gwōng sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ siːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-sien
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong´ xien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ xian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kng-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngsvoax
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ suã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuiⁿ-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuinn-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvuisvoax
  - IPA (Yilan): /kuĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuĩ⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kong-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongsvoax
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guang¹ suan³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang suàⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ sũã²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹kuaon-shi
  - MiniDict: kuaon^平 shi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kuaan-xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuɑ̃⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

Noun edit

光線

(uncountable) light
光線太強，我的眼睛有點受不了。 [MSC, trad.]
光线太强，我的眼睛有点受不了。 [MSC, simp.]
Guāngxiàn tài qiáng, wǒ de yǎnjing yǒu diǎn shòubuliǎo. [Pinyin]
The light was too strong for my eyes.
(countable) ray of light (Classifier: 束; 條／条; 道)
(uncountable) lighting
(Taiwanese Hakka) X-ray

Synonyms edit

(ray of light): 光芒 (guāngmáng)
(X-ray):

Dialectal synonyms of 愛克斯射線 (“X-ray”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		愛克斯射線, X射線, 愛克斯線, X線, 愛克斯光, X光, 倫琴射線
Mandarin	Taiwan	X光
Mandarin	Singapore	X光
Cantonese	Guangzhou	X光
Cantonese	Hong Kong	X光
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	電光, 光線
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	電光, 光線
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	電光, 光線
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	電光
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	電光
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	電光
Southern Min	Xiamen	X光
Southern Min	Tainan	電光

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
光	線
こう Grade: 2	せん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun edit

光(こう)線(せん) • (kōsen)

a ray of light
月(つき)の光線(こうせん)、太陽(たいよう)の光線(こうせん)
tsuki no kōsen, taiyō no kōsen
moonbeams, sunbeams or rays of sunlight
a spectrum
光線(こうせん)を分析(ぶんせき)する
kōsen o bunseki suru
analyze a spectrum

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

光線過敏症(こうせんかびんしょう) (kōsen kabinshō): photodermatosis
光線銃(こうせんじゅう) (kōsen jū): a ray gun
殺人光線(さつじんこうせん) (satsujin kōsen): a death ray
光線束(こうせんそく) (kōsensoku): alternate for 光束(こうそく) (kōsoku, “luminous flux”)
光線追跡法(こうせんついせき) (kōsen tsuiseki): ray tracing
光線分析(こうせんぶんせき) (kōsen bunseki): spectrum analysis
光線療法(こうせんりょうほう) (kōsen ryōhō): light therapy, phototherapy
可視光線(かしこうせん) (kashi kōsen): a visible ray of light; the visible spectrum
不可視光線(ふかしこうせん) (fukashi kōsen): an invisible ray of light; the invisible spectrum, such as ultraviolet or infrared

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
光	線

Noun edit

光線 • (gwangseon) (hangeul 광선)

Hanja form^? of 광선 (“ray of light”).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
光	線

Noun edit

光線

chữ Hán form of quang tuyến (“ray of light”).