向盤
Chinese
direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to |
dish; tray; to build dish; tray; to build; to check; to examine; to transfer; (a measure word used for dishes of food or coils of wire); to coil | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (向盤) | 向 | 盤 | |
| simp. (向盘) | 向 | 盘 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngpán
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄆㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siàngpán
- Wade–Giles: hsiang4-pʻan2
- Yale: syàng-pán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqparn
- Palladius: сянпань (sjanpanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ pʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hoeng3 pun4
- Yale: heung pùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng3 pun4
- Guangdong Romanization: hêng3 pun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hœːŋ³³ pʰuːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
向盤
- luopan (Chinese magnetic compass)
- 船主！船主！千萬不可為這人所惑！他們用的是外國向盤，一定是洋鬼子差遣來的漢奸！他們是天主教！他們將這隻大船已經賣與洋鬼子了，所以才有這個向盤。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can
- Chuánzhǔ! Chuánzhǔ! Qiānwàn bùkě wéi zhè rén suǒ huò! Tāmen yòng de shì wàiguó xiàngpán, yīdìng shì yángguǐzi chāiqiǎn lái de hànjiān! Tāmen shì tiānzhǔjiào! Tāmen jiāng zhè zhī dà chuán yǐjīng mài yǔ yángguǐzi le, suǒyǐ cái yǒu zhège xiàngpán. [Pinyin]
- Captain! Captain! Never let these people fool you! They're using a foreign compass; they must be traitors dispatched by foreign devils! They're Catholics! They've already sold this big ship to the foreign devils, that's why that compass is there.
船主！船主！千万不可为这人所惑！他们用的是外国向盘，一定是洋鬼子差遣来的汉奸！他们是天主教！他们将这只大船已经卖与洋鬼子了，所以才有这个向盘。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 羅盤 (“luopan”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 羅盤, 向盤 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 羅盤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 羅經 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 羅庚 |
| Hong Kong | 羅庚 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 羅盤 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 羅盤 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 羅盤 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 羅盤 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 羅盤 | |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 羅經 |
| Taipei (Wanhua) | 羅經 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 羅經 | |
| Kaohsiung | 羅經 | |
| Yilan | 羅經 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 羅經 | |
| Taichung | 羅經 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 羅經 | |
| Tainan | 羅經 | |
| Taitung | 羅經 | |
| Hsinchu | 羅經 | |
| Kinmen | 羅經 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 羅經, 干經 | |
| Chaozhou | 羅經 | |
| Jieyang | 羅經 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 羅盤 |