市電

Chinese

		market; city	electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (市電)		市	電
simp. (市电)		市	电

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìdiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁵ din⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìdiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tien⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhdiann
    • Palladius: шидянь (šidjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁵ din⁶
    • Yale: síh dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁵ din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁵ din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː¹³ tiːn²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 市電

1. mains electricity

Synonyms

• (Hong Kong Cantonese) 濕電／湿电

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

市電 (shiden): a city-operated tram.

Kanji in this term
市	電
し Grade: 2	でん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Shortening of 市営 (shiei, “municipal, operated by the city”) +‎ 電車 (densha, “electric train”).

Alternately, shortening of 市内 (shinai, “within a city, intracity”) +‎ 電車 (densha, “electric train”).

Noun

市(し)電(でん) • (shiden) 

1. Short for 市営電車: a municipal (electric) train, a train operated by the city government
2. Short for 市内電車: a tram, a streetcar

Synonyms

• (tram): 路(ろ)面(めん)電(でん)車(しゃ) (romen densha)