電動

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See also: 电动

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (電動)		電	動
simp. (电动)		电	动

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diàndòng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ dung⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiān-tōng / tiān-tǒng

(Teochew, Peng'im): diang⁶ dong⁶ / diêng⁶ dong⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diàndòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diàndòng
  - Wade–Giles: tien⁴-tung⁴
  - Yale: dyàn-dùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianndonq
  - Palladius: дяньдун (djanʹdun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: din⁶ dung⁶
  - Yale: dihn duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ dung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ dung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² tʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-tōng
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-tōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diexndong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-tǒng
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-tǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diang⁶ dong⁶ / diêng⁶ dong⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiăng tŏng / tiĕng tŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³⁵/, /tieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³⁵/

Adjective

電動

(attributive) electric-powered; electrically powered; electric; power-operated; electromotive
電動汽車／电动汽车 ― diàndòng qìchē ― electric car

電動輪椅／电动轮椅 ― diàndòng lúnyǐ ― electrically powered wheelchair

電動代步車／电动代步车 ― diàndòng dàibùchē ― mobility scooter

Synonyms

(Taishanese) 行電／行电

Derived terms

See also

(not to be confused with) 電子／电子 (diànzǐ)

Noun

電動

(chiefly Taiwan) Short for 電動玩具／电动玩具 (diàndòng wánjù, “video game”).
打電動／打电动 ― dǎ diàndòng ― to play video games

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	動
でん Grade: 2	どう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

電(でん)動(どう) • (dendō)

being powered by electricity, being electric

Korean

Hanja in this term
電	動

Noun

電動 • (jeondong) (hangeul 전동)

hanja form^? of 전동 (“being electrically-powered”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
電	動

Adjective

電動

chữ Hán form of điện động (“electromotive”).

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