亞鉛

See also: 亜鉛 and 亚铅

Chinese

		second; inferior; Asia	lead (metal)
trad. (亞鉛)		亞	鉛
simp. (亚铅)		亚	铅

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 亜鉛(あえん) (aen)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàqiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ jyun⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): ā-iòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): a-iân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ ing⁵ / a¹ êng⁵ / a¹ iang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàqiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàcian
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴-chʻien¹
    • Yale: yà-chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahchian
    • Palladius: яцянь (jacjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ jyun⁴
    • Yale: a yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ jyːn²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ā-iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²¹ yoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-iân
    • Tâi-lô: a-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'ieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: a¹ ing⁵ / a¹ êng⁵ / a¹ iang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a îng / a êng / a iâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ iŋ⁵⁵/, /a³³⁻²³ eŋ⁵⁵/, /a³³⁻²³ iaŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• a1 ing5 - Chaozhou, Chenghai, Raoping, Shantou;
• a1 êng5 - Jieyang;
• a1 iang5 - Chaoyang.

Noun

亞鉛

1. (dated) zinc
2. (chemistry) lead in the +2 oxidation state
3. (Southern Min) galvanized iron
4. (Teochew) iron wire

Synonyms

• (zinc): 鋅／锌 (xīn)
• (galvanized iron): 白鐵／白铁 (báitiě), 鍍鋅鐵／镀锌铁 (dùxīntiě), 馬口鐵／马口铁 (mǎkǒutiě); (Cantonese) 星鐵／星铁; (Hakka, Hokkien) 白鐵仔／白铁仔; (Hakka) 陽錫皮／阳锡皮; (Hokkien) 亞鉛板／亚铅板
• (iron wire):

Dialectal synonyms of 鐵絲 (“iron wire”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鐵絲
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鐵絲
	Harbin	鐵絲子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鐵絲兒, 鉛絲兒 galvanized
	Wanrong	鐵絲, 洋鐵絲 dated
	Xi'an	鐵絲
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鐵絲
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	鐵絲
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	鐵線
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鉛絲 galvanized
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鐵線
	Hong Kong	鐵線
Gan	Lichuan	鐵絲
Hakka	Meixian	鐵線仔, 鉛線仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鉛線, 鉛線仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鉛線
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鉛線, 鉛線仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鉛線
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鉛線, 鉛線仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鉛線
Jin	Taiyuan	鐵絲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鐵線
Southern Min	Xiamen	鐵線, 亞鉛線 galvanized, 亞鉛絲 galvanized
	Quanzhou	鐵線, 亞鉛線 galvanized, 亞鉛絲 galvanized
	Jinjiang	鐵線
	Zhangzhou	鐵線, 亞鉛線 galvanized, 亞鉛絲 galvanized
	Taipei	亞鉛線 galvanized, 鉛線
	Kaohsiung	亞鉛線 galvanized, 鉛線
	Manila (Hokkien)	鐵線
	Leizhou	鐵線
	Haikou	鐵紗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鐵線
Wu	Danyang	鐵絲, 鉛絲 galvanized
	Wenzhou	鉛絲 galvanized
Xiang	Loudi	鐵絲子

Derived terms

• 亞鉛板／亚铅板
• 亞鉛絲／亚铅丝
• 亞鉛線／亚铅线
• 亞鉛鉼／亚铅𰽼

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
亞	鉛
あ Jinmeiyō	えん Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

亞(あ)鉛(えん) • (aen) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 亜鉛

Korean

Hanja in this term
亞	鉛

Noun

亞鉛 • (ayeon) (hangeul 아연)

1. Hanja form^? of 아연 (“zinc”).