空調

See also: 空调

Chinese

		atmosphere	harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer
trad. (空調)		空	調
simp. (空调)		空	调

Etymology

Short for 空氣調節／空气调节 (kōngqì tiáojié).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngtiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ tiu⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): kŭng-dièu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khong-tiâu / khang-tiāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kong¹ tiou⁵ / kong¹ tiao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngtiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongtiáo
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-tʻiao²
    • Yale: kūng-tyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongtyau
    • Palladius: кунтяо (kuntjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ tiu⁴
    • Yale: hūng tìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ tiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ tiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kŭng-dièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ⁵⁵ ^(t-)nieu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: khong-tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qongdiaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: khang-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qangdiau
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kong¹ tiou⁵ / kong¹ tiao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khong thiôu / khong thiâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ³³⁻²³ tʰiou⁵⁵/, /kʰoŋ³³⁻²³ tʰiau⁵⁵/

Note:

• kong1 tiou5 - Chaozhou;
• kong1 tiao5 - Jieyang.

Noun

空調

1. (chiefly Mainland China, countable) air conditioner

   用了很久的老式空調機器會出現很多問題。 [MSC, trad.]
   用了很久的老式空调机器会出现很多问题。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yòng le hěn jiǔ de lǎoshì kōngtiáo jīqì huì chūxiàn hěn duō wèntí. [Pinyin]

   There are a lot of problems with old-fashioned air conditioners.

2. (chiefly Mainland China, uncountable) air conditioning

   空調的作用是製冷。 [MSC, trad.]
   空调的作用是制冷。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kōngtiáo de zuòyòng shì zhìlěng. [Pinyin]

   The function of air conditioning is to lower the temperature.

Synonyms

• (air conditioner): 冷氣機／冷气机 (lěngqìjī)
• (air conditioning):

Dialectal synonyms of 空調 (“air conditioning”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		空調
Mandarin	Beijing	空調
	Taiwan	冷氣
	Malaysia	冷氣
	Singapore	冷氣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	空調
	Hong Kong	冷氣
	Dongguan	冷氣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	冷氣
Hakka	Kuching (Hepo)	冷氣
Southern Min	Xiamen	空調
	Quanzhou	空調
	Zhangzhou	空調
	Tainan	冷氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	冷氣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	冷氣
	Manila (Hokkien)	冷氣
	Chaozhou	空調
	Singapore (Teochew)	冷氣
	Wenchang	空調
Wu	Shanghai	空調

Derived terms

• 暖通空調／暖通空调 (nuǎntōng kōngtiáo)
• 空調機／空调机
• 空調症／空调症
• 空調設備／空调设备

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	調
くう Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Abbreviation of 空気調節.

Noun

空(くう)調(ちょう) • (kūchō) 

1. air conditioning

Synonyms

• エアコン (eakon)