電燈

See also: 电灯 and 電灯

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	lamp; light
trad. (電燈)		電	燈
simp. (电灯)		电	灯

Etymology

Attested in 1866 as 電氣燈 in a diary of a Chinese delegate to Europe, Bin Chun:

用電氣燈照耀樓臺異光奪目。 [MSC, trad.]

用电气灯照耀楼台异光夺目。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 斌椿《乘槎筆記》1866

Yòng diànqìdēng zhàoyào lóutái yì guāng duómù. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): diàndēng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄥ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дяндын (diandɨn, III-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): din⁶ dang¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): en⁵ ang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thien-tên
Eastern Min (BUC): diêng-dĕng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-teng
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶di-ten₁ / ⁶die-ten₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diàndēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diàndeng
  - Wade–Giles: tien⁴-têng¹
  - Yale: dyàn-dēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianndeng
  - Palladius: дяньдэн (djanʹdɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дяндын (diandɨn, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiæ̃⁴⁴ təŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: din⁶ dang¹
  - Yale: dihn dāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ dang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ deng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² tɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: en⁵ ang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /en³² aŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-tên
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien den^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ den¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ ten²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diêng-dĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)nɛiŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-teng
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-ting
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diexndefng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tiɪŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶di-ten₁
  - MiniDict: di^去 ten^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-ten₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² tən⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁶die-ten₁
  - MiniDict: die^去 ten^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /die²² tən⁵³/

Noun

電燈

(electric) light; lamp (Classifier: 盞／盏 m)
電燈開關／电灯开关 ― diàndēng kāiguān ― light switch

Synonyms

(Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) 電火／电火
(Northern Min) 電光／电光, 電光火／电光火
(Wu, dated) 電燈火／电灯火

Derived terms

電燈柱 / 电灯柱 (diàndēngzhù)
電燈泡 / 电灯泡 (diàndēngpào)
電燈膽 / 电灯胆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	燈
でん Grade: 2	とう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

電(でん)燈(とう) • (dentō)

Kyūjitai form of 電灯: light, electric light

Korean

Hanja in this term
電	燈

Noun

電燈 • (jeondeung) (hangeul 전등)

hanja form^? of 전등 (“light, lamp”)