汽船

Chinese

		steam; vapour	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (汽船)		汽	船
simp. #(汽船)		汽	船

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ syun⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hi-sòn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hi⁴ son²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khì-chûn
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵chi-zoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìchuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-chʻuan²
    • Yale: chì-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihchwan
    • Palladius: цичуань (cičuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei³ syun⁴
    • Yale: hei syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ syːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 氣旋／气旋 汽船

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-sòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi sonˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ son²
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ son¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hi⁴ son²
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sɔn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-chûn
    • Tâi-lô: khì-tsûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiezuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sun²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi-zoe
    • MiniDict: chi^去 zoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi-zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³³ zø⁴⁴/

Noun

汽船

1. steamship; steamboat (Classifier: 艘)
2. motorboat (Classifier: 艘)

Synonyms

• (motorboat) 摩托船 (mótuōchuán), 汽艇 (qìtǐng); (dated) 火船; (Xiang) 汽划子

Related terms

• 輪船／轮船 (lúnchuán)

Japanese

汽船 (kisen): a steamship.

Kanji in this term
汽	船
き Grade: 2	せん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably coined in Japan from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 汽 (ki, “steam”) +‎ 船 (sen, “boat, ship”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きせん [kìséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲisẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

汽(き)船(せん) • (kisen) 

1. steamship

Korean

Hanja in this term
汽	船

Noun

汽船 • (giseon) (hangeul 기선)

1. Hanja form^? of 기선 (“steamship”).