外電

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See also: 外电

Chinese

		foreign	dispatch (電訊)
trad. (外電)		外	電
simp. (外电)		外	电

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàidiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ din⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-tiān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàidiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàidiàn
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-tien⁴
  - Yale: wài-dyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waydiann
  - Palladius: вайдянь (vajdjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ din⁶
  - Yale: ngoih dihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ din⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ din⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² tiːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-tiān
  - Tâi-lô: guā-tiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxdien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ tiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ tiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ tiɛn³³/

Noun

外電

dispatch from a foreign news agency

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	電
がい Grade: 2	でん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Shortening of 外国電報 (gaikoku denpō, “telegram or dispatch from a foreign country”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がいでん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

外(がい)電(でん) • (gaiden) ^{←ぐわいでん (gwaiden)^?}

Short for 外国電報 (gaikoku denpō): a dispatch from a foreign news agency

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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