光速

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	fast; rapid; quick
trad. (光速)		光	速
simp. ^#(光速)		光	速

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāngsù

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤㄙㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ cuk¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong-sok

(Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ sog⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāngsù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄙㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guangsù
  - Wade–Giles: kuang¹-su⁴
  - Yale: gwāng-sù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangsuh
  - Palladius: гуансу (guansu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwong¹ cuk¹
  - Yale: gwōng chūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ tsuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ cug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    光束
    光速
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-sok
  - Tâi-lô: kong-sok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongsog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ sɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guang¹ sog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang sok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ sok̚²/

Noun

光速

the speed of light

Adverb

光速

(figuratively) extremely quickly

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光	速
こう Grade: 2	そく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーそく [kòósókú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞kɯ̟]

Homophone: 高速

Noun

光(こう)速(そく) • (kōsoku)

the speed of light

References

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