電柱

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	pillar
trad. (電柱)		電	柱
simp. (电柱)		电	柱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄨˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-thiāu / tiān-thiǎu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànjhù
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-chu⁴
    • Yale: dyàn-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannjuh
    • Palladius: дяньчжу (djanʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-thiāu
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-thiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexntiau
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tʰiau²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-thiǎu
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-thiǎu
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tʰiau²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Philippines): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tʰiau³³/

Noun

電柱

1. (Malaysian Mandarin, Xiamen, Quanzhou and Philippine Hokkien) utility pole

Synonyms

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• 電光杉 / 电光杉 (Puxian Min)
• 電報杉 / 电报杉 (Puxian Min)
• 電杆 (diàngān)
• 電柱仔 / 电柱仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 電桿 / 电杆 (diàngǎn)
• 電火柱 / 电火柱 (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
• 電火楯 / 电火楯 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 電燈柱 / 电灯柱 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 電線杆 / 电线杆 (diànxiàngān)
• 電線杆子 / 电线杆子 (diànxiàn gānzi)
• 電線柱 / 电线柱 (diànxiànzhù)
• 電線柱子 / 电线柱子 (diànxiàn zhùzi)
• 電線桿 / 电线杆 (diànxiàngǎn)
• 電線楯 / 电线楯 (Taiwanese Hakka)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	柱
でん Grade: 2	ちゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

電 (den, “electric”) +‎ 柱 (chū, “pole”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕɨː]
• (Tokyo) でんちゅう [dèńchúú] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

電(でん)柱(ちゅう) • (denchū) 

1. telephone pole; telegraph post; utility pole

   Synonym: 電信柱 (denshinbashira)