光線

See also: 光线

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (光線/光綫)		光	線/綫
simp. (光线)		光	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ sin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kông-sien
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kng-sòaⁿ / kuiⁿ-sòaⁿ / kong-sòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ suan³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ¹kuaon-shi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-hsien⁴
    • Yale: gwāng-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangshiann
    • Palladius: гуансянь (guansjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ sin³
    • Yale: gwōng sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong´ xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕi̯en⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kng-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngsvoax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ suã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuiⁿ-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuinn-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvuisvoax
    • IPA (Yilan): /kuĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuĩ⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kong-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongsvoax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang¹ suan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang suàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ sũã²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ¹kuaon-shi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ¹kuaan-xi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɑ̃⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

Noun

光線

1. (uncountable) light

   光線太強，我的眼睛有點受不了。 [MSC, trad.]
   光线太强，我的眼睛有点受不了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Guāngxiàn tài qiáng, wǒ de yǎnjing yǒu diǎn shòubuliǎo. [Pinyin]

   The light was too strong for my eyes.

2. (countable) ray of light (Classifier: 束; 條／条; 道)
3. (uncountable) lighting
4. (Taiwanese Hakka) X-ray

Synonyms

• (ray of light): 光芒 (guāngmáng)
• (X-ray):

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
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
Min Nan	Xiamen	X光
	Tainan	電光

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光	線
こう Grade: 2	せん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

光(こう)線(せん) • (kōsen) 

1. a ray of light

   月(つき)の光線(こうせん)、太陽(たいよう)の光線(こうせん)

   tsuki no kōsen, taiyō no kōsen

   moonbeams, sunbeams or rays of sunlight

2. a spectrum

   光線(こうせん)を分析(ぶんせき)する

   kōsen o bunseki suru

   analyze a spectrum

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 光線過敏症(こうせんかびんしょう) (kōsen kabinshō): photodermatosis
• 光線銃(こうせんじゅう) (kōsen jū): a ray gun
• 殺人光線(さつじんこうせん) (satsujin kōsen): a death ray
• 光線束(こうせんそく) (kōsensoku): alternate for 光束(こうそく) (kōsoku, “luminous flux”)
• 光線追跡法(こうせんついせき) (kōsen tsuiseki): ray tracing
• 光線分析(こうせんぶんせき) (kōsen bunseki): spectrum analysis
• 光線療法(こうせんりょうほう) (kōsen ryōhō): light therapy, phototherapy
• 可視光線(かしこうせん) (kashi kōsen): a visible ray of light; the visible spectrum
• 不可視光線(ふかしこうせん) (fukashi kōsen): an invisible ray of light; the invisible spectrum, such as ultraviolet or infrared

Korean

Hanja in this term
光	線

Noun

光線 • (gwangseon) (hangeul 광선)

1. Hanja form^? of 광선 (“ray of light”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
光	線

Noun

光線

1. chữ Hán form of quang tuyến (“ray of light”).