電燈

See also: 电灯 and 電灯

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	lamp; light
trad. (電燈)		電	燈
simp. (电灯)		电	灯

Etymology

Attested in 1866 as 電氣燈 in a diary of a Chinese delegate to Europe, Bin Chun:

用電氣燈照耀樓臺異光奪目。 [MSC, trad.]

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用电气灯照耀楼台异光夺目。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 斌椿《乘槎筆記》1866

Yòng diànqìdēng zhàoyào lóutái yì guāng duómù. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): diàndēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄥ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дяндын (di͡andɨn, III-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): din⁶ dang¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): en⁵ ang¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thien-tên
• Eastern Min (BUC): diêng-dĕng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-teng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶di-ten

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàndēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàndeng
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-têng¹
    • Yale: dyàn-dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianndeng
    • Palladius: дяньдэн (djanʹdɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дяндын (di͡andɨn, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiæ̃⁴⁴ təŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ dang¹
    • Yale: dihn dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ deng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² tɐŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: en⁵ ang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /en³² aŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-tên
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien den´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ den¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ ten²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diêng-dĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)nɛiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-teng
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexndefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-ten
    • MiniDict: di^去 ten
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-ten
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² tən⁴⁴/

Noun

電燈

1. (electric) light; lamp

   電燈開關／电灯开关  ―  diàndēng kāiguān  ―  light switch

Synonyms

• (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) 電火／电火
• (Northern Min) 電光／电光, 電光火／电光火

Derived terms

• 電燈柱／电灯柱 (diàndēngzhù)
• 電燈泡／电灯泡 (diàndēngpào)
• 電燈膽／电灯胆

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	燈
でん Grade: 2	とう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

電(でん)燈(とう) • (dentō) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 電灯: light, electric light

Korean

Hanja in this term
電	燈

Noun

電燈 • (jeondeung) (hangeul 전등)

1. hanja form^? of 전등 (“light, lamp”)