引擎
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Chinese
| to pull; to lead | to lift up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (引擎) | 引 | 擎 | |
| simp. #(引擎) | 引 | 擎 | |
| alternative forms | 因擎 Wu | ||
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English engine. First entered Chinese through Shanghainese. Entered Taiwanese Hakka and Hokkien via Japanese エンジン (enjin).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jan5 king4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ên-chín
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ín-kèng / ín-kêng / iăn-jín / iân-jín / ian-jín
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1in-jin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǐncíng
- Wade–Giles: yin3-chʻing2
- Yale: yǐn-chíng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinchyng
- Palladius: иньцин (inʹcin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
- Homophones:
引擎
隱情／隐情
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan5 king4
- Yale: yáhn kìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan5 king4
- Guangdong Romanization: yen5 king4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn¹³ kʰɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ên-chín
- Hakka Romanization System: en´ jin`
- Hagfa Pinyim: en1 jin3
- Sinological IPA: /en²⁴ t͡sin³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-kèng
- Tâi-lô: ín-kìng
- Phofsit Daibuun: ynkexng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-kêng
- Tâi-lô: ín-kîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: ynkeeng
- IPA (Xiamen): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-jín
- Tâi-lô: iân-jín
- Phofsit Daibuun: ienjien
- IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ d͡zin⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ zin⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-jín
- Tâi-lô: ian-jín
- Phofsit Daibuun: ienjien
- IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡zin⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Note: iăn-jín/iân-jín/ian-jín - directly borrowed from Japanese.
Noun
引擎
- engine (mechanical device or part of a car)
- 引擎故障 ― yǐnqíng gùzhàng ― engine failure
- (computing) engine (software or hardware system responsible for a specific task)
- (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) motorcycle
- 2004, “古錐仔 [Old Davie]”, 鍾永豐 [Zhong Yong-feng] (lyrics), 林生祥 [Lin Sheng Xiang] (music)performed by 生祥與瓦窯坑3:
- 適彼暗晡下班，騎著五十引擎。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
- Ke-pî-am-pû hâ-pân, khì-nún ńg-sṳ̍p ên-chín. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
- After getting off work that night, rode a 50 motorcycle.
适彼暗晡下班，骑着五十引擎。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
Synonyms
- (engine):
- (motorcycle):
Dialectal synonyms of 摩托車 (“motorcycle”)