事典

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	canon; dictionary
simp. and trad. (事典)		事	典

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìdiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ din²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-tián

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìdiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tien³
  - Yale: shr̀-dyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhdean
  - Palladius: шидянь (šidjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    事典
    視點 / 视点
    試點 / 试点
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ din²
  - Yale: sih dín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ din²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ din²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² tiːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-tián
  - Tâi-lô: sū-tián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxdiern
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴¹/

Noun

事典

encyclopedia

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	典
じ Grade: 3	てん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
事	典
こと Grade: 3	てん Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じてん [jìtéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

Homophones: 辞典, 字典

IPA^(key): [ko̞to̞tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

事(じ)典(てん) or 事(こと)典(てん) • (jiten or kototen)

(literally) subject-book, such as a terminology dictionary, flower book, animal book and encyclopedia, etc.

Usage notes

Reading of ことてん (kototen) is used for distinguishing from 辞(じ)典(てん) (jiten, “dictionary”) and 字(じ)典(てん) (jiten, “kanji character dictionary”).

Derived terms

百科事典(ひゃっかじてん) (hyakka jiten): encyclopedia

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	典

Noun

事典 • (sajeon) (hangeul 사전)

hanja form^? of 사전 (“encyclopedia”)