光子

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (光子)		光	子

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāngzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kng-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāngzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guangzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: kuang¹-tzŭ³
  - Yale: gwāng-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangtzyy
  - Palladius: гуанцзы (guanczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong¹ zi²
  - Yale: gwōng jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-chú
  - Tâi-lô: kng-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

光子

(particle physics) photon (Classifier: 粒 m)

Derived terms

光子學 / 光子学 (guāngzǐxué)
光子晶體 / 光子晶体 (guāngzǐ jīngtǐ)
超光子 (chāoguāngzǐ)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
光	子
こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーし [kóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕi]

Noun

光(こう)子(し) • (kōshi) ^{←くわうし (kwausi)^?}

a photon

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
光	子
みつ Grade: 2	こ Grade: 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

光(みつ)子(こ) • (Mitsuko)

a female given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
光	子

Noun

光子 • (gwangja) (hangeul 광자)

hanja form^? of 광자 (“photon”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
光	子

Noun

光子

chữ Hán form of quang tử (“photon”)