吸塵器

See also: 吸尘器

Chinese

		to absorb dust; to vacuum	device; tool; utensil
trad. (吸塵器)		吸塵	器
simp. (吸尘器)		吸尘	器

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xīchénqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄔㄣˊ ㄑㄧˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щичынчи (xičɨnči, I-I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ can⁴ hei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khip-tîn-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīchénqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄔㄣˊ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sichéncì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-chʻên²-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: syī-chén-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shichernchih
    • Palladius: сичэньци (sičɛnʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щичынчи (xičɨnči, I-I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ can⁴ hei³
    • Yale: kāp chàhn hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ tsan⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ cen⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip-tîn-khì
    • Tâi-lô: khip-tîn-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qipdinqix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ tin²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ tin²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ tin²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/

Noun

吸塵器

1. (Mainland China, Taiwan) vacuum cleaner (machine for cleaning)

   吸塵器吸不了塵了。 [MSC, trad.]
   吸尘器吸不了尘了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīchénqì xī bùliǎo chén le. [Pinyin]

   The vacuum cleaner can't pick up the dust.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吸塵器 (“vacuum cleaner”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吸塵器
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吸塵器
	Malaysia	吸塵機
	Singapore	吸塵機
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	吸塵器
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	吸塵器, 吸土機
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	吸土機
Cantonese	Hong Kong	吸塵機
Southern Min	Xiamen	吸塵器
	Penang (Hokkien)	嗍風機
	Singapore (Teochew)	嗍煙機