家電

See also: 家电

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (家電)		家	電
simp. (家电)		家	电

Etymology

Short for 家用電器／家用电器 (jiāyòng diànqì).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiādiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄉㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ din⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-tiān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiādiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiadiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-tien⁴
  - Yale: jyā-dyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiadiann
  - Palladius: цзядянь (czjadjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa¹ din⁶
  - Yale: gā dihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ din⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ din⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ tiːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-tiān
  - Tâi-lô: ka-tiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ka'dien
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn³³/

Noun

家電

electrical home appliance; electrical household appliance

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
家	電
か Grade: 2	でん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Shortening of 家(か)庭(てい)用(よう)電(でん)器(き) (katei-yō denki, “electrical household appliance”, literally “appliance for household use”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かでん [kàdéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠dẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

家(か)電(でん) • (kaden)

electrical home appliance; electrical household appliance

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
家	電
いえ Grade: 2	でん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “家・電話？”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いえでん [ìédéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ie̞dẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

家(いえ)電(でん) • (ieden)

(informal) landline phone (of a household)

Synonyms

固(こ)定(てい)電(でん)話(わ) (koteidenwa)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN