母艦

See also: 母舰

Chinese

		female; mother	warship
trad. (母艦)		母	艦
simp. (母舰)		母	舰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ laam⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-chien⁴
    • Yale: mǔ-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muujiann
    • Palladius: муцзянь (muczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ laam⁶
    • Yale: móuh laahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ laam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ lam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ laːm²²/

Noun

母艦

1. mother ship

Synonyms

• 母船 (mǔchuán)

Derived terms

• 航空母艦／航空母舰 (hángkōng mǔjiàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	艦
ぼ Grade: 2	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 母 (bo, “mother”) +‎ 艦 (kan, “warship”), calque of English mother ship. First used during the Meiji period (1868–1912).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼかん [bòkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞kã̠ɴ]

Noun

母(ぼ)艦(かん) • (bokan) 

1. a mother ship, a tender (watercraft)
   • 1894, 大本營海軍參謀部 (Dai Hon'ei Kaigun Sanbō-bu, “Imperial HQ, Navy Staff Section”), 聯合艦隊出征報告 (Rengō Kantai Shussei Hōkoku, “Report on Combined Fleet Campaigns”)‎^[1], page 183:

     「本(ホン)隊(タイ)ノ六(ロク)隻(セキ)第(ダイ)二(ニ)遊(イウ)撃(ゲキ)隊(タイ)ノ六(ロク)隻(セキ)本(ホン)隊(タイ)附(フ)属(ゾク)八(ヤ)重(へ)山(ヤマ)、天(アマ)城(ギ)ノ二(ニ)艦(カン)（磐(イワ)城(キ)ハ本(ホン)隊(タイ)ト行(ユキ)違(チガヒ)ニ淺(セン)水(スイ)灣(ワン)ニ赴(オモム)ケルモノ、如(ゴト)シ近江(アフミ)丸(マル)ハ本(ホン)日(ジツ)佐(サ)世(セ)保(ボ)ヨリ到(タウ)着(チャク)ノ見(ミ)込(コミ)）外(ガイ)ニ第(ダイ)一(イチ)遊(イウ)撃(ゲキ)隊(タイ)ノ秋(アキ)津(ツ)洲(シマ)、水(スイ)雷(ライ)艇(テイ)隊(タイ)ノ母(ボ)艦(カン)山(ヤマ)城(シロ)丸(マル)」

     Hontai no rokuseki daini yūgekitai no rokuseki hontai fuzoku Yaeyama, Amagi no nikan (Iwaki wa hontai to yukichigai ni Sensui-wan ni omomukeru mono, gotoshi Ōmi-maru wa honjitsu Sasebo yori tōchaku no mikomi) gai ni daiichi yūgekitai no Akitsushima, suiraitei-tai no bokan Yamashiro-maru

     Aside from two warships belonging to Yaeyama and Amagi, attached to six ships of the second floating column, six ships of the main force (the Iwaki to miss the main force and head to Repulse Bay, likewise the Ōmi-maru expected to arrive from Sasebo today), the first floating column's Akitsushima and the torpedo-boat squad mothership [tender] Yamashiro-maru

2. Short for 航空母艦 (kōkū bokan, “aircraft carrier”).