電線

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See also: 电线

Chinese

electric; electricity; electrical
thread; string; wire
thread; string; wire; line
 
trad. (電線/電綫) 電 線/綫
simp. (电线) 电 线

Pronunciation

Note:
  • diêng6 suan3 - Chaozhou;
  • diang6 suan3 - Shantou.

Noun

電線

  1. (countable) electrical wire (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 m c mn)
  2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (obsolete) telegram

Synonyms

  • (electrical wire):
Dialectal synonyms of 電線 (“electrical wire”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 電線
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 電線
Singapore 電線
Southwestern Mandarin Guilin 電線
Cantonese Hong Kong 電線
Taishan 電線
Gan Nanchang 電線
Hakka Meixian 電索
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 電線
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 電線
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 電線
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 電線
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 電線
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 電線
Northern Min Jian'ou 電光線
Eastern Min Fuzhou 電光線
Southern Min Xiamen 電線
Quanzhou 電線
Zhangzhou 電線
Zhao'an 電線
Taipei 電線 GT, 電火線 GT
New Taipei (Tamsui) 電線
New Taipei (Pingxi) 電線
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 電線
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 電線
Yilan (Toucheng) 電線
Tainan (Anping) 電線
Penghu (Xiyu) 電線
Penang (Hokkien) 電線
Singapore (Hokkien) 電火線
Wu Shanghai 電線
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電 線
でん
Grade: 2 		せん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

電(でん)線(せん) • (densen) 

  1. electrical wire

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
電線

Noun

電線 • (jeonseon) (hangeul 전선)

  1. hanja form? of 전선
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