螺旋
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Chinese
| aquatic snail | lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (螺旋) |
螺 | 旋 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lo4 syun4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: luósyuán
- Wade–Giles: lo2-hsüan2
- Yale: lwó-sywán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoshyuan
- Palladius: лосюань (losjuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lo4 syun4
- Yale: lòh syùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: lo4 syn4
- Guangdong Romanization: lo4 xun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔː²¹ syːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-soân
- Tâi-lô: lô-suân
- Phofsit Daibuun: loisoaan
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² suan²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² suan¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêr-soân
- Tâi-lô: lêr-suân
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lə²⁴⁻²² suan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê-chn̄g
- Tâi-lô: lê-tsn̄g
- Phofsit Daibuun: lezng
- IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sŋ̍³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³⁻³³ t͡sŋ̍³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: lo5 suang5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lô suâng
- Sinological IPA (key): /lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ suaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Middle Chinese: lwa zjwen
Noun
螺旋
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 螺 | 旋 |
| ら Jinmeiyō |
せん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology 1
First appears in texts from the early 1800s.[1] Ultimately from 螺旋 (MC lwa zjwen). Compare modern Min Nan reading lêr-soân.
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
- 螺旋階段 (rasen kaidan): a spiral staircase
- 螺旋丸 (rasengan)
- 螺旋形 (rasenkei): a helix or spiral shape
- 螺旋状 (rasenjō): a helix or spiral shape
- 螺旋状菌 (rasenjō kin): a spirillum (a spiral-shaped bacterium)
- 螺旋推進機 (rasen suishinki): a screw (as for a ship or boat; obsolete, replaced by propellers)
- 螺旋水揚機 (rasen mizu-age ki): an Archimedes screw, a screw-shaped water pump
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 螺旋 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 螺旋, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) |
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN