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
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ suan³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): 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 si̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • 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): /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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kuaon-shi
    • MiniDict: kuaon^平 shi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kuaan-xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuɑ̃⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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)
3. (uncountable) lighting

Synonyms

• (ray of light): 光芒 (guāngmáng)

(deprecated template usage)

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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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
光	線

Noun

光線 • (gwangseon) (hangeul 광선)

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