定員

See also: 定员

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	person; employee; member
trad. (定員)		定	員
simp. (定员)		定	员

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìngyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngyuán
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: dìng-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqyuan
    • Palladius: динъюань (dinʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ jyun⁴
    • Yale: dihng yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² jyːn²¹/

Verb

定員

1. to fix the number of people

Noun

定員

1. personnel quota; capacity (number of people allowed in an elevator, boat, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
定	員
てい Grade: 3	いん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te̞ːĩɴ]
• (Tokyo) てーいん [tèéíń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

定(てい)員(いん) • (teiin) 

1. capacity (number of people allowed in an elevator, boat, building, etc.)
2. any fixed number or quota of people

References

• “定員”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN