閃電

See also: 闪电

Chinese

		flash; lightning	electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (閃電)		閃	電
simp. (闪电)		闪	电

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shǎndiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san³ dian⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sim² din⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): siam² en⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sám-thien
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siám-tiān

(Teochew, Peng'im): siam² diêng⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵soe-di

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǎndiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǎndiàn
  - Wade–Giles: shan³-tien⁴
  - Yale: shǎn-dyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaandiann
  - Palladius: шаньдянь (šanʹdjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: san³ dian⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sandian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /san⁵³ tiɛn²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sim² din⁶
  - Yale: sím dihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sim² din⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xim² din⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵ tiːn²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: siam² en⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siam⁵⁵ en³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sám-thien
  - Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˋ tien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sam³ tian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sam³¹ tʰi̯en⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-tiān
  - Tâi-lô: siám-tiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafmdien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siam² diêng⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siám tiĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siam⁵²⁻³⁵ tieŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵soe-di
  - MiniDict: soe^去 di
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²soe-di
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø³³ di⁴⁴/

Noun

閃電

(countable) lightning (Classifier: 道 m; 條／条 m)
被閃電擊中／被闪电击中 ― bèi shǎndiàn jīzhòng ― to be struck by lightning

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 閃電 (“lightning”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		電, 霍閃
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閃電
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	閃
	Taiwan	閃電
	Harbin	閃
	Singapore	閃電
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	閃
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	閃
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	閃, 忽閃
	Wanrong	霍閃
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	閃電
	Xi'an	閃電
	Xining	閃電
	Xuzhou	閃
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	火閃
	Lanzhou	閃
	Ürümqi	閃電
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	火閃, 閃, 閃電
	Wuhan	霍
	Guiyang	火閃, 閃
	Liuzhou	閃
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	閃, 閃電
	Yangzhou	閃
	Nantong	霍閃, 霍響
	Hefei	閃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閃電
	Hong Kong	閃電
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	天攝
	Zhongshan (Chongkoumen, Nanlang; Tanka)	天攝
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	天霎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	閃電
	Taishan	天霎, 閃電
	Dongguan	閃電
	Yangjiang	天霎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	閃電
Gan	Nanchang	霍閃
	Pengze	掣霍
	Lichuan	劃閃焰
Hakka	Meixian	火蛇, 火蛇仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	𥍉爧
	Dabu (Taoyuan)	𥍉爧
	Dabu (Gaobei)	𥍉爧
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	𥍉爧
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	火蛇
	Fengshun (Pantian)	𥍉爧
	Huidong (Daling)	火蛇
	Zijin	火蛇
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	火蛇子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𥍉電
	Changting	𥍉電
	Wuping	雷公刀子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	火蛇子, 雷公刀子
	Liancheng	雷焰刀
	Liancheng (Peitian)	雷影, 雷火
	Ninghua	焰火索
	Yudu	閃
	Ruijin	閃光
	Shicheng	打焰
	Shangyou (Shexi)	火閃
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𥍉爧
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𥍉爧
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𥍉爧
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𥍉爧
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𥍉爧
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	𥍉爧
	Hong Kong	火蛇𥍉
	Lipu (Shuangduitun)	火蛇
	Lipu (Dashigu)	閃電
	Guidong	雷火閃
	Sabah (Huiyang)	火蛇𥍉
	Kuala Lumpur (Huiyang)	火蛇𥍉
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	𥍉電
	Senai (Huiyang)	火蛇𥍉
Huizhou	Jixi	月扇
	Shexian	日閃, 熱扇
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	閃電
	Xiuning	打閃閃
	Yixian	閃展
	Wuyuan	火線
	Chun'an (Qiandaohu)	霍閃
	Chun'an (Jiangjia)	霍閃
	Jiande (Meicheng)	霍閃
	Jiande (Shouchang)	霍閃
Jin	Taiyuan	閃
Jin	Xinzhou	閃
Jiuxing Yumin	Jiande	霍線
	Jinhua	霍閃
	Lanxi	霍閃
	Tunxi	火線
Northern Min	Jian'ou	焰刀
Northern Min	Pucheng (Shibei)	火焰刀
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	亮線
	Fuzhou (Changle)	亮線
	Fuqing	㸎㸎
	Yongtai	亮線
	Gutian	亮線
	Fu'an	雷爍
	Ningde	雷爍
	Shouning	雷爍
	Zhouning	雷爍
	Fuding	雷爍
Southern Min	Xiamen	爍爁
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	爍爁
	Quanzhou	䟙掣, 䟙爁, 䟙媽, 䟙光, 相爁電
	Jinjiang	䟙爁
	Yongchun	雷婆
	Zhangzhou	爍爁
	Taipei	搉爍爁
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	爍爁
	Kaohsiung	閃電, 爍爁
	Yilan	閃電, 爍爁
	Changhua (Lukang)	爍爁
	Taichung	爍爁
	Tainan	閃電, 爍爁
	Hsinchu	爍爁
	Kinmen	爍爁
	Penghu (Magong)	爍爁
	Penang (Hokkien)	爍爁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	爍爁
	Manila (Hokkien)	䟙爁, 䟙掣, 閃電
	Chaozhou	閃電
	Shantou	阿公睨目
	Jieyang	阿公睨目
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	閃電
	Pontianak (Teochew)	雷公睨目
	Wenchang	焱爍
	Haikou	焱爍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雷公閃電
Wu	Shanghai	霍閃, 閃電
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	金線路
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	金線路
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	金線路
	Shanghai (Chongming)	霍閃
	Suzhou	霍閃
	Danyang	霍閃
	Hangzhou	霍閃
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	霍閃
	Ningbo	龍光閃, 龍山
	Wenzhou	爍龍, 爍電
	Jinhua	火閃
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	火閃
	Yongkang	霍閃
	Pujiang	霍閃
	Dongyang	火閃
	Pan'an	霍閃
	Wuyi	霍閃
	Lanxi	霍閃
Xiang	Changsha	閃, 閃子
	Loudi	霍閃, 上水
	Shuangfeng	霍閃
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	火閃, 閃

Derived terms

東方閃電 / 东方闪电 (Dōngfāng Shǎndiàn)
球狀閃電 / 球状闪电 (qiúzhuàng shǎndiàn)
閃電戰 / 闪电战 (shǎndiànzhàn)
閃電行動 / 闪电行动

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (閃電):

→ Japanese: 閃電(せんでん) (senden)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shǎndiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san³ dian⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): sim² din⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sám-thien
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siám-tiān

(Teochew, Peng'im): siam² diang⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵soe ⁶di

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǎndiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǎndiàn
  - Wade–Giles: shan³-tien⁴
  - Yale: shǎn-dyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaandiann
  - Palladius: шаньдянь (šanʹdjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: san³ dian⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sandian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /san⁵³ tiɛn²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sim² din⁶
  - Yale: sím dihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sim² din⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xim² din⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵ tiːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sám-thien
  - Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˋ tien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sam³ tian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sam³¹ tʰi̯en⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-tiān
  - Tâi-lô: siám-tiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafmdien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siam² diang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siám tiăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siam⁵²⁻³⁵ tiaŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵soe ⁶di
  - MiniDict: soe^去 di^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²soe ³di
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø⁴⁴ di²³/

Verb

閃⫽電 (verb-object)

to have lightning; to have lightning flashes or strikes
外面一直在閃電。 [MSC, trad.]
外面一直在闪电。 [MSC, simp.]
Wàimiàn yīzhí zài shǎndiàn. [Pinyin]
There have been incessant flashes of lightning outside.

出便仲閃緊電。 [Cantonese, trad.]
出便仲闪紧电。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ceot¹ bin⁶ zung⁶ sim² gan² din⁶. [Jyutping]
There is still lightning outside.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打閃 (“to have lightning”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閃電
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	打閃
	Taiwan	閃電, 打閃
	Ulanhot	打閃
	Tongliao	打閃
	Chifeng	打閃
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	打閃
	Harbin	打閃
	Singapore	閃電
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	打閃
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打閃
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	打閃, 打忽閃
	Xi'an	閃電
	Xuzhou	打閃
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	打火閃
	Bayanhot	閃電
	Lanzhou	打閃
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	扯火閃, 扯閃
	Wuhan	掣霍, 扯霍, 𥍉霍
	Guiyang	扯火閃, 扯閃
	Guilin	打閃
	Liuzhou	打閃, 閃電
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	打閃, 打閃電
	Yangzhou	打閃, 霍閃
	Yancheng	打閃, 霍閃
	Hefei	打閃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閃電, 閃爧, 攝電 dated, 攝爧 dated
	Hong Kong	閃電
	Yangjiang	攝爧, 天攝
Gan	Nanchang	打霍閃
Hakka	Meixian	𥍉火蛇, 火蛇𥍉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	火蛇𥍉
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	火蛇𥍉
	Wengyuan	𥍉火蛇
	Jiexi	𥍉爧
	Luhe	𥍉火蛇, 火蛇𥍉爧
	Raoping (Xinfeng)	𥍉爧
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	𥍉爧
	Changting	𥍉爧
	Wuping (Yanqian)	𥍉雷公刀子
	Ninghua	焰火索
	Ningdu	蛇子焰
	Tonggu (Sandu)	打火閃
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	打火閃
	Dayu	打閃光
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𥍉爧
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𥍉爧
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𥍉爧
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𥍉爧
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𥍉爧
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	𥍉爧
	Hong Kong	火蛇𥍉
	Mengshan (Xihe)	閃光
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	火蛇閃
Jin	Taiyuan	打閃
	Pingyao	打閃
	Xinzhou	打閃
	Taibus (Baochang)	放閃
	Linhe	打閃
	Jining	打閃
	Hohhot	閃電
	Baotou	打閃
	Dongsheng	打閃
	Haibowan	打閃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	焰刀
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	亮線𥍉, 拍亮線
Southern Min	Xiamen	爍爁
	Quanzhou	䟙掣, 䟙光
	Jinjiang	䟙掣
	Yongchun	跡北神
	Penang (Hokkien)	爍爁
	Chaozhou	爍, 阿公𥍉目
	Shantou	閃電
Central Min	Yong'an	爍火索
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	閃電
Wu	Shanghai	霍閃, 閃電
	Suzhou	打霍閃, 霍閃
	Danyang	霍霍閃
	Ningbo	閃龍光閃, 閃龍山
	Wenzhou	爍龍, 爍電
	Jinhua	打火閃
Xiang	Changsha	扯閃, 扯霍閃子
	Shuangfeng	霍閃, 扯電, 抽電
	Hengyang	耀龍火
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	扯火閃, 扯閃