舷梯

Chinese

		sides of boat	ladder
trad. (舷梯)		舷	梯
simp. #(舷梯)		舷	梯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiántī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ tai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiántī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánti
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-tʻi¹
    • Yale: syán-tī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanti
    • Palladius: сяньти (sjanʹti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ tai¹
    • Yale: yìhn tāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ tai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ tei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

舷梯

1. gangplank; gangway (to board a ship or a boat); ramp (to board a plane)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舷	梯
げん Grade: S	てい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 舷梯 (MC hen thej, literally “boat side, gunwale + ladder”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんてー [gèńtéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞nte̞ː]

Noun

舷(げん)梯(てい) • (gentei) 

1. a rope ladder used to board or leave a boat or ship

   Synonyms: サイドラダー (saido radā), 船梯子 (funa-bashigo)

2. an accommodation ladder for a boat or ship
3. a movable stairway for an airplane, such as mounted in the door or on a specialized truck

   Synonym: タラップ (tarappu)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN