開爾文

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (開爾文)		開	爾	文
simp. (开尔文)		开	尔	文

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kelvin or kelvin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāi'ěrwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄦˇ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ ji⁵ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāi'ěrwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄦˇ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kai-ěrwún
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-êrh³-wên²
    • Yale: kāi-ěr-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaieelwen
    • Palladius: кайэрвэнь (kajɛrvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ ji⁵ man⁴
    • Yale: hōi yíh màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ ji⁵ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ yi⁵ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jiː¹³ mɐn²¹/

Proper noun

開爾文

1. A transliteration of the English male given name and surname Kelvin

Classifier

開爾文

1. (physics) kelvin (unit of temperature)

Synonyms

• (short form) 開／开 (kāi)