戰艦

See also: 戦艦 and 战舰

Chinese

		to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle	warship
trad. (戰艦)		戰	艦
simp. (战舰)		战	舰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhànjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin³ laam⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chan-kam
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiàn-lām / chiàn-kàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhànjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhànjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: jàn-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jannjiann
    • Palladius: чжаньцзянь (čžanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin³ laam⁶
    • Yale: jin laahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³ laam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin³ lam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³ laːm²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chan-kam
    • Hakka Romanization System: zan gam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zan⁴ gam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡san⁵⁵ kam⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàn-lām
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàn-lām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciernlam
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ lam³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn²¹⁻⁵³ lam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ lam³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàn-kàm
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàn-kàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciernkaxm
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kam¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kam²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyenH haemX

Rime
Character	戰	艦
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	之膳切	胡黤切
Baxter	tsyenH	haemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇnH/	/ɦˠamX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛnH/	/ɦᵚamX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjænH/	/ɣamX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cianH/	/ɦaɨmX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛnH/	/ɣamX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛnH/	/ɣamX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛnH/	/ɣamX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàn	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin3	haam6

Noun

戰艦

1. (military) battleship (Classifier: 艘 m)
2. (informal) warship (Classifier: 艘 m)

   • 排青龍之戰艦，鬭飛䴏之船樓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     排青龙之战舰，斗飞燕之船楼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 578, Yu Xin (庾信), The Lament for the South (《哀江南賦》)

     Pái qīnglóng zhī zhànjiàn, dòu fēiyàn zhī chuánlóu. [Pinyin]

     Warships line up like dragons devouring each other,
     Towering frigates speed like swifts piercing through air.

Synonyms

• (battleship): 戰列艦／战列舰 (zhànlièjiàn), 戰鬥艦／战斗舰
• (warship): 軍艦／军舰 (jūnjiàn), 戰船／战船 (zhànchuán)

Derived terms

• 葡萄牙戰艦／葡萄牙战舰 (Pútáoyá zhànjiàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
戰	艦
せん Jinmeiyō	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 戰艦 – see the following entry.

【戦艦せんかん】 [noun] battleship (warship)

(This term, 戰艦, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
戰	艦

Noun

戰艦 • (jeonham) (hangeul 전함)

1. Hanja form^? of 전함 (“battleship”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
戰	艦

Noun

戰艦

1. chữ Hán form of chiến hạm (“battleship”).