直升機
Chinese
| to go up in a straight line; to go up an academic grade | machine; opportunity; secret | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (直升機/直昇機) | 直升/直昇 | 機 | |
| simp. (直升机) | 直升 | 机 | |
Etymology
- “below expectation”
- From 伏 (“below expectation; worse than anticipated; trappy”), when reduplicated becomes the onomatopoeic word 伏伏伏 (fuk6 fuk6 fuk6, “helicopter”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): zhíshēngjī
- (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄕㄥ ㄐㄧ
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ti̍t-seng-ki
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8zeq-sen-ci
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhíshēngjī
- Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄕㄥ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhshengji
- Wade–Giles: chih2-shêng1-chi1
- Yale: jŕ-shēng-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrshengji
- Palladius: чжишэнцзи (čžišɛnczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zik6 sing1 gei1
- Yale: jihk sīng gēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzik9 sing1 gei1
- Guangdong Romanization: jig6 xing1 géi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪk̚² sɪŋ⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: zet5 sen1 gi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡set̚³² sen³³ ki³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̍t-sṳ̂n-kî
- Hakka Romanization System: ciid siinˊ giˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cid6 sin1 gi1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨt̚⁵ sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: chidˋ shinˋ giˋ
- Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰit² ʃin⁵³ ki⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: ced6 sen1 gi1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰət̚⁵ sən⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti̍t-seng-ki
- Tâi-lô: ti̍t-sing-ki
- Phofsit Daibuun: didsengky
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tit̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Noun
直升機
- helicopter [from 1930s] (Classifier: 架 m c)
- 1936 March 1, L.T.U., “新式直昇飛機”, in 科學畫報 [Popular Science], volume 3, number 15, page 611:
- 一個新型的法國直昇機，用二個螺旋葉直昇空中，近在維拉考萊試驗成功，是直昇機的一大進步。 [MSC, trad.]
- Yī ge xīnxíng de Fǎguó zhíshēngjī, yòng èr ge luóxuányè zhíshēng kōngzhōng, jìn zài Wéilākǎolái shìyàn chénggōng, shì zhíshēngjī de yī dà jìnbù. [Pinyin]
- A new helicopter model from France, which flies up into the air with two propelling blades. Recently, testing in Villacoublay has been successful, which is huge progress for helicopters.
一个新型的法国直升机，用二个螺旋叶直升空中，近在维拉考莱试验成功，是直升机的一大进步。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 直升機 (“helicopter”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 直升機 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 直升機 |
| Singapore | 直升機 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 直升機, 伏伏伏 |
| Taishan | 直升機, 直升飛機 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 直升機 |
| Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 直升機 | |
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 直升機 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 直升機 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 直升機 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 直升機 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 直升機 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 直升機 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 直升機 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 直升機 | |
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 直升機 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 直升機 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 直升飛機 |
| Zhao'an | 直升飛機 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 直升機, 𧌄嬰仔機 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | phu-ló͘-phiat-lá | |
| Kaohsiung | 直升機 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 直升機 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 直升機 | |
| Yilan (Luodong) | phi-ló͘-phiat-lá | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 直升機 | |
| Changhua (Yongjing) | 直升機 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 直升機 | |
| Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 直升機, pu-ló͘-phiat-lá | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 直升機 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 直升飛機 |
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
直升機