X光

Chinese

			light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (X光)		X	光

Etymology

From German X-Strahl.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áikesi guāng, àikèsī guāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˊ ˙ㄎㄜ ˙ㄙ ㄍㄨㄤ, ㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ik¹ si⁴ gwong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: X-guāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ ˙ㄎㄜ ˙ㄙ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áike̊si̊h guang
    • Wade–Giles: ai²-kʻo⁵-ssŭ⁵ kuang¹
    • Yale: ái-ke-sz gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air.ke.sy guang
    • Palladius: айкэсы гуан (ajkɛsy guan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵ kʰə³ sz̩¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: X-guāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àikèsih guang
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-kʻo⁴-ssŭ¹ kuang¹
    • Yale: ài-kè-sz̄ gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aykehsy guang
    • Palladius: айкэсы гуан (ajkɛsy guan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ik¹ si⁴ gwong¹
    • Yale: īk sìh gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ik⁷ si⁴ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ig¹ xi⁴ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɪk̚⁵ siː²¹ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

X光

1. (physics) X-ray

   照X光  ―  zhào X..guāng  ―  take a radiograph

Synonyms

• X射線／X射线
• 倫琴射線／伦琴射线 (Lúnqín shèxiàn)
• 愛克司光／爱克司光 (àikèsī guāng)
• 愛克斯光／爱克斯光 (àikèsī guāng)
• 愛克斯射線／爱克斯射线 (àikèsī shèxiàn)
• 艾克司光
• 艾克斯光
• 艾克斯射線／艾克斯射线

 

Dialectal synonyms of 愛克斯射線 (“X-ray”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		愛克斯射線, X射線, 愛克斯線, X線, 愛克斯光, X光, 倫琴射線
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	X光
	Singapore	X光
Cantonese	Guangzhou	X光
	Hong Kong	X光
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	電光, 光線
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	電光, 光線
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	電光, 光線
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	電光
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	電光
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	電光
Southern Min	Xiamen	X光
	Tainan	電光

Derived terms

• X光片