汽船

Chinese

		steam; vapour	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (汽船)		汽	船
simp. ^#(汽船)		汽	船

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qìchuán

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ syun⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hi-sòn

(Meixian, Guangdong): hi⁴ son²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khì-chûn
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chi-zoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qìchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìchuán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-chʻuan²
  - Yale: chì-chwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihchwan
  - Palladius: цичуань (cičuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hei³ syun⁴
  - Yale: hei syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ syn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi³ xun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ syːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    氣旋 / 气旋
    汽船
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-sòn
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi son^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ son²
  - Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ son¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hi⁴ son²
  - Sinological IPA: /hi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sɔn¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-chûn
  - Tâi-lô: khì-tsûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiezuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sun²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵chi-zoe
  - MiniDict: chi^去 zoe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi-zoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³³ zø⁴⁴/

Noun

汽船

steamship; steamboat (Classifier: 艘)
motorboat (Classifier: 艘)

Synonyms

(motorboat) 摩托船 (mótuōchuán), 汽艇 (qìtǐng); (dated) 火船; (Xiang) 汽划子

Related terms

輪船／轮船 (lúnchuán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
汽	船
き Grade: 2	せん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Probably coined in Japan from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 汽 (ki, “steam”) +‎ 船 (sen, “boat, ship”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きせん [kìséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲisẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

汽(き)船(せん) • (kisen)

steamship

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
汽	船

Noun

汽船 • (giseon) (hangeul 기선)

hanja form^? of 기선 (“steamship”)