電線

See also: 电线

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (電線/電綫)		電	線/綫
simp. (电线)		电	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): din⁶ sin³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): en⁵ lhen^1*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thien-sien
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-sòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diêng⁶ suan³ / diang⁶ suan³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶di-shi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: dyàn-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannshiann
    • Palladius: дяньсянь (djanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: din⁶ sin³
    • Yale: dihn sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² siːn³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 電扇／电扇 電線／电线

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: en⁵ lhen^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /en³² ɬen³³⁻³³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ si̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexnsvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² suã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ suã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diêng⁶ suan³ / diang⁶ suan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiĕng suàⁿ / tiăng suàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ sũã²¹³/, /tiaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ sũã²¹³/

Note:

• diêng6 suan3 - Chaozhou;
• diang6 suan3 - Shantou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-shi
    • MiniDict: di^去 shi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

電線

1. (countable) electrical wire (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 m c mn)
2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (obsolete) telegram

Synonyms

• (electrical wire):

Dialectal synonyms of 電線 (“electrical wire”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		電線
Mandarin	Taiwan	電線
	Guilin	電線
	Singapore	電線
Cantonese	Hong Kong	電線
	Taishan	電線
Gan	Nanchang	電線
Hakka	Meixian	電索
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	電線
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	電線
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	電線
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	電線
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	電線
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	電線
Northern Min	Jian'ou	電光線
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	電光線
Southern Min	Xiamen	電線
	Quanzhou	電線
	Zhangzhou	電線
	Zhao'an	電線
	Taipei	電線 GT, 電火線 GT
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	電線
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	電線
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	電線
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	電線
	Yilan (Toucheng)	電線
	Tainan (Anping)	電線
	Penghu (Xiyu)	電線
	Penang (Hokkien)	電線
	Singapore (Hokkien)	電火線
Wu	Shanghai	電線
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 電線杆／电线杆 (diànxiàngān)
• 電線桿／电线杆 (diànxiàngǎn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	線
でん Grade: 2	せん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) でんせん [dèńséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

電(でん)線(せん) • (densen) 

1. electrical wire

Korean

Hanja in this term
電	線

Noun

電線 • (jeonseon) (hangeul 전선)

1. Hanja form^? of 전선.