間歇泉

See also: 间歇泉

Chinese

		to intermit; to stop in the middle of something; intermittence to intermit; to stop in the middle of something; intermittence; intermission; blank; interim	fountain; spring
trad. (間歇泉)		間歇	泉
simp. (间歇泉)		间歇	泉

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 間歇泉(かんけつせん) (kanketsusen).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànxiēquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan³ hit³ cyun⁴ / gaan³ kit³ cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànxiēquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànsiecyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-hsieh¹-chʻüan²
    • Yale: jyàn-syē-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannshiechyuan
    • Palladius: цзяньсецюань (czjanʹsecjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan³ hit³ cyun⁴ / gaan³ kit³ cyun⁴
    • Yale: gaan hit chyùhn / gaan kit chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan³ hit⁸ tsyn⁴ / gaan³ kit⁸ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan³ hid³ qun⁴ / gan³ kid³ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³³ hiːt̚³ t͡sʰyːn²¹/, /kaːn³³ kʰiːt̚³ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Noun

間歇泉

1. (planetology, geology, volcanology) geyser

Japanese

Kanji in this term
間	歇	泉
かん Grade: 2	けつ Hyōgaiji	せん Grade: 6
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 間歇泉 – see the following entry.

【間欠泉かんけつせん】 [noun] (planetology, geology, volcanology) a geyser

(This term, 間歇泉, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
間	歇	泉

Noun

間歇泉 • (ganheolcheon or McCune-Reischauer: kanhŏlch'ŏn or Yale: kān.helchel) (hangeul 간헐천)

1. Hanja form^? of 간헐천 (“geyser”).