發電

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See also: 发电

Chinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

to produce electricity
trad. (發電) 發 電
simp. (发电) 发 电

Verb

發⫽電 (verb-object)

  1. to generate electricity
  2. (neologism, Internet slang, euphemistic) to masturbate
Synonyms
  • (to masturbate):
Dialectal synonyms of 手淫 (“(of a male) to masturbate; to jerk off”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 手淫, 自慰, 自瀆, 自撫, 自淫
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 打手槍, 打槍, 尻槍, 尻手槍, 尻尻, 尻, 自慰, DIY
Singapore 打手槍, 打飛機
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 擼鴨子, 擼管兒
Southwestern Mandarin Liuzhou 打手銃
Cantonese Hong Kong 打飛機, 打J, J, 打丁, 搵五姑娘, DIY
Singapore (Guangfu) 打飛機
Hakka Meixian 打手銃
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 打手銃, 打飛機
Huidong (Daling) 打手銃
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 打水銃
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 摸𡳞
Changting 打手銃
Wuping 搞𡳞
Wuping (Pingyu) 搞𡳞
Liancheng 打手銃
Yudu 打手銃
Ruijin 打手銃
Shangyou (Shexi) 打手銃
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 打手銃
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 打手槍
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 打手銃
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 打手銃
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 打手銃
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 打手銃, 洩手銃
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 打手銃
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 打手銃, 洩手銃
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 打手銃, 洩手銃
Jin Pingyao 耍㞗兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 𢫦草屩
Southern Min Xiamen 拍手銃
Quanzhou 拍手銃
Zhangzhou 拍手銃
Zhao'an 拍手銃
Taipei (Wanhua) 拍手銃
Kaohsiung 拍手銃
Yilan 拍手銃
Changhua (Lukang) 拍手銃
Taichung 拍手銃
Taichung (Wuqi) 拍手銃
Tainan 拍手銃
Taitung 拍手銃
Hsinchu 拍手銃
Penghu (Magong) 拍手銃
Penang (Hokkien) 拍手銃
Singapore (Hokkien) 拍手銃
Manila (Hokkien) 拍手銃
Jieyang 敲手銃
Leizhou 拍手銃
Wu Shanghai 搓卵 dated
Ningbo 打手銃
Xiang Loudi 打手銃
Derived terms

Etymology 2

to send telegram
trad. (發電) 發 電
simp. (发电) 发 电

Verb

發⫽電 (verb-object)

  1. to telegraph; to cable; to send a telegram

Japanese

Kanji in this term
發 電
はつ
Hyōgai 		でん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

發(はつ)電(でん) • (hatsuden) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 発電: power generation (electricity)

Verb

發(はつ)電(でん)する • (hatsuden suru) suru (stem 發(はつ)電(でん)し (hatsuden shi), past 發(はつ)電(でん)した (hatsuden shita))

  1. Kyūjitai form of 発電: to generate power

Conjugation

Conjugation of "發電する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 發電し はつでんし hatsuden shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 發電し はつでんし hatsuden shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 發電する はつでんする hatsuden suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 發電する はつでんする hatsuden suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 發電すれ はつでんすれ hatsuden sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 發電せよ¹
發電しろ² 		はつでんせよ¹
はつでんしろ² 		hatsuden seyo¹
hatsuden shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 發電される はつでんされる hatsuden sareru
Causative 發電させる
發電さす 		はつでんさせる
はつでんさす 		hatsuden saseru
hatsuden sasu
Potential 發電できる はつでんできる hatsuden dekiru
Volitional 發電しよう はつでんしよう hatsuden shiyō
Negative 發電しない はつでんしない hatsuden shinai
Negative continuative 發電せず はつでんせず hatsuden sezu
Formal 發電します はつでんします hatsuden shimasu
Perfective 發電した はつでんした hatsuden shita
Conjunctive 發電して はつでんして hatsuden shite
Hypothetical conditional 發電すれば はつでんすれば hatsuden sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
發電

Noun

發電 • (baljeon) (hangeul 발전)

  1. hanja form? of 발전 (“power generation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
發電

Verb

發電

  1. chữ Hán form of phát điện (“power generation”).
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