外電

See also: 外电

Chinese

		foreign	dispatch (電訊)
trad. (外電)		外	電
simp. (外电)		外	电

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàidiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ din⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-tiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàidiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàidiàn
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-tien⁴
    • Yale: wài-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waydiann
    • Palladius: вайдянь (vajdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ din⁶
    • Yale: ngoih dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² tiːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-tiān
    • Tâi-lô: guā-tiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxdien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ tiɛn³³/

Noun

外電

1. dispatch from a foreign news agency

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	電
がい Grade: 2	でん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Shortening of 外国電報 (gaikoku denpō, “telegram or dispatch from a foreign country”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がいでん [gàídéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠idẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

外(がい)電(でん) • (gaiden) ^{←ぐわいでん (gwaiden)?}

1. Short for 外国電報 (gaikoku denpō): a dispatch from a foreign news agency