自動

See also: 自动

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to use; to act; to move to use; to act; to move; to change
trad. (自動)		自	動
simp. (自动)		自	动

Etymology

From Japanese 自動 (じどう) (jidō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): zi⁶ dung⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): du⁵ uung⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-thung
• Min Nan (POJ): chū-tōng / chīr-tǒng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zìdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhdonq
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ dung⁶
    • Yale: jih duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ dung⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² tʊŋ²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: du⁵ uung⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /tu³² ɵŋ³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-thung
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii tung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ tung⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxdong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ²²/

Adjective

自動

1. (attributive) automatic
2. voluntary; of one's own accord; on one's initiative; spontaneous

Antonyms

• (of automatic): 手動／手动 (shǒudòng)

Adverb

自動

1. automatically
2. voluntarily; of one's own accord; on one's initiative; spontaneously

Derived terms

• 自動化／自动化 (zìdònghuà)
• 自動取款機／自动取款机 (zìdòng qǔkuǎnjī)
• 自動回復／自动回复 (zìdòng huífù)
• 自動扶梯／自动扶梯 (zìdòng fútī)
• 自動控制／自动控制
• 自動樓梯／自动楼梯 (zìdòng lóutī)
• 自動櫃員機／自动柜员机 (zìdòng guìyuánjī)
• 自動步槍／自动步枪

• 自動生產線／自动生产线
• 自動車／自动车 (zìdòngchē)
• 自動鉛筆／自动铅笔 (zìdòng qiānbǐ)
• 自動鏈梯／自动链梯
• 自動門／自动门 (zìdòngmén)
• 自動電梯／自动电梯
• 自動駕駛／自动驾驶 (zìdòng jiàshǐ)
• 自動駕駛儀／自动驾驶仪 (zìdòng jiàshǐyí)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	動
じ Grade: 2	どう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じどう [jìdóó] (Heiban - [0])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑido̞ː]

Noun

自動 (hiragana じどう, rōmaji jidō)

1. automatic movement, automatic functioning
2. (grammar) intransitive verb (Abbreviation of 自動詞.)

Antonyms

• (automatic): 手動 (しゅどう) (shudō)
• (intransitive verb): 他動 (たどう) (tadō)

Derived terms

• 自動販売機 (じどうはんばいき) (jidō hanbaiki): vending machine
• 自動変速機 (じどうへんそくき) (jidō hensokuki): automatic transmission, AT
• 現金自動預払機 (げんきんじどうあずけばらいき) (genkin jidō azukebaraiki): ATM

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
自	動

Adjective

自動

1. Hán tự form of tự động, “automatic, spontaneous”