引擎

Chinese

to pull; to lead to lift up
trad. (引擎)
simp. #(引擎)
alternative forms 因擎 Wu

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English engine. First entered Chinese through Shanghainese. Entered Taiwanese Hakka and Hokkien via Japanese エンジン (enjin).

Pronunciation


Note: iăn-jín/iân-jín/ĕn-jín/ian-jín - directly borrowed from Japanese.
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 6yin-jin6
      • MiniDict: yin jin
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3hhin-jjin3
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦin²² d͡ʑin⁴⁴/

Noun

引擎

  1. engine (mechanical device or part of a car)
    引擎故障  ―  yǐnqíng gùzhàng  ―  engine failure
  2. (computing) engine (software or hardware system responsible for a specific task)
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Southern Sixian and Zhao'an Hakka) motorcycle (Classifier: h)

Synonyms

  • (engine):
  • (motorcycle):

Derived terms