電光

See also: 电光

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	light; ray; bright
trad. (電光)		電	光
simp. (电光)		电	光
anagram		光電／光电

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): diànguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄤ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дянгуон (dianguon, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ gwong¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thien-kông

  (Hailu, HRS): tien^˖ gong^ˋ

• Northern Min (KCR): dīng-guáng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng⁵ gung¹ / deng⁵ gorng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-kong / tiān-kng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶di-kuaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànguang
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-kuang¹
    • Yale: dyàn-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannguang
    • Palladius: дяньгуан (djanʹguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дянгуон (dianguon, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiæ̃⁴⁴ kuɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ gwong¹
    • Yale: dihn gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien gong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ koŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien^˖ gong^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰien³³ koŋ⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dīng-guáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ kuaŋ⁵⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵ gung¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dēng-gng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ¹¹ kuŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵ gorng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ²¹ kɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-kong
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexnkofng
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-kng
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexnk'ngf
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ kŋ̍⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-kuaon
    • MiniDict: di^去 kuaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-kuaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

電光

1. flash of lightning
2. electric light
3. lustre on fabric processed by a Schreiner calender machine
4. (dated or Northern Min) (electric) light; lamp (Classifier: 盞／盏 m)
5. (dated or Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, physics) X-ray

Synonyms

• (flash of lightning): (archaic) 電影／电影 (diànyǐng)
• (electric light): 燈光／灯光 (dēngguāng); (Northern Min) 電光火／电光火
• (lamp): 電燈／电灯 (diàndēng); (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) 電火／电火; (Northern Min) 電光火／电光火
• (X-ray):

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• X光
• X射線 / X射线
• 倫琴射線 / 伦琴射线 (Lúnqín shèxiàn)
• 愛克司光 / 爱克司光 (àikèsī guāng)
• 愛克斯光 / 爱克斯光 (àikèsī guāng)
• 愛克斯射線 / 爱克斯射线 (àikèsī shèxiàn)
• 艾克司光
• 艾克斯光
• 艾克斯射線 / 艾克斯射线

Dialectal synonyms of 愛克斯射線 (“X-ray”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		愛克斯射線, X射線, 愛克斯線, X線, 愛克斯光, X光, 倫琴射線
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	X光
	Singapore	X光
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	рентген, 光線
Cantonese	Guangzhou	X光
	Hong Kong	X光
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	光線
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	電光
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	電光
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	電光
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	X光
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	電光, 光線
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	電光
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	電光
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	電光
Southern Min	Xiamen	X光
	Kaohsiung	電光
	Tainan	電光
	Chiayi	電光
	Chiayi County (Dongshi)	電光

Derived terms

• 照電光 / 照电光
• 電光影 / 电光影
• 電光杉 / 电光杉
• 電光機 / 电光机
• 電光泡 / 电光泡
• 電光炮 / 电光炮
• 電光燈 / 电光灯
• 電光片 / 电光片
• 電光石火 / 电光石火 (diànguāng shíhuǒ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (電光):

• → Japanese: 電光(でんこう) (denkō)
• → Korean: 전광(電光) (jeon'gwang)
• → Vietnamese: điện quang (電光)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “电光”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 142.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	光
でん Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2
goon	on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ŋko̞ː]
• (Tokyo) でんこー [dèńkóó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

電(でん)光(こう) • (denkō) ^{←でんくわう (denkwau)?}

1. flash of lightning
2. electric light

Derived terms

• 電(でん)光(こう)掲(けい)示(じ)板(ばん) (denkō keijiban)
• 電(でん)光(こう)石(せっ)火(か) (denkō sekka)
• 電(でん)光(こう)朝(ちょう)露(ろ) (denkō chōro)
• 電(でん)光(こう)ニュース (denkō nyūsu)

References

• “電光”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
電	光

Noun

電光 • (jeon'gwang) (hangeul 전광)

1. hanja form^? of 전광 (“flash of lightning; electric light”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
電	光

Noun

電光

1. chữ Hán form of điện quang (“electric light”)