鞲鞴

Chinese

simp. and trad. (鞲鞴)		鞲	鞴

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of German Kolben; coined by Chinese scientist Xu Shou in 1871 in 《汽機發軔》 (Li, 2004).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōubèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ㄅㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōubèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: goubèi
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹-pei⁴
    • Yale: gōu-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goubey
    • Palladius: гоубэй (goubɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

鞲鞴

1. (dated) piston (in a steam locomotive)