光子

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (光子)		光	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: gwāng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangtzyy
    • Palladius: гуанцзы (guanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ zi²
    • Yale: gwōng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 光子

1. (physics) photon (Classifier: 粒 m)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
光	子
こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

光(こう)子(し) • (kōshi) ^{←くわうし (kwausi)?}

1. a photon

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
光	子
みつ Grade: 2	こ Grade: 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

光(みつ)子(こ) • (Mitsuko) 

1. a female given name