雷電

See also: 雷电

Chinese

		thunder	electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (雷電)		雷	電
simp. (雷电)		雷	电
alternative forms		靁電／靁电

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): léidiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ din⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùi-thien
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi-tiān
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶le-di

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: léidiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: léidiàn
  - Wade–Giles: lei²-tien⁴
  - Yale: léi-dyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leidiann
  - Palladius: лэйдянь (lɛjdjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁴ din⁶
  - Yale: lèuih dihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ din⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ din⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ tiːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùi-thien
  - Hakka Romanization System: lui^ˇ tien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lui² tian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹ tʰi̯en⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-tiān
  - Tâi-lô: luî-tiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lui'dien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴⁻²² tiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² tiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³⁻³³ tiɛn³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶le-di
  - MiniDict: le^去 di
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-di
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² di⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: lwoj denH

Rime
Character	雷	電
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	魯回切	堂練切
Baxter	lwoj	denH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luʌi/	/den^H/
Pan Wuyun	/luoi/	/den^H/
Shao Rongfen	/luɒi/	/dɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwəj/	/dɛn^H/
Li Rong	/luᴀi/	/den^H/
Wang Li	/luɒi/	/dien^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luɑ̆i/	/dʱien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	léi	diàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi⁴	din⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.rˤuj lˤi[n]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ruːl l'iːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雷	電
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	léi	diàn
Middle Chinese	‹ lwoj ›	‹ den^H ›
Old Chinese	/*C.rˁuj/	/*lˁi[n]-s/
English	thunder	lightning
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雷	電
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7707	11233
Phonetic component	畾	申
Rime group	微	眞
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	雷	電
Old Chinese	/*ruːl/	/*l'iːns/

Noun

雷電

thunder and/or lightning
(neologism) the Thunderbolt interface

Derived terms

疾如雷電 / 疾如雷电
雷電交加 / 雷电交加 (léidiànjiāojiā)
雷電法王 / 雷电法王 (Léidiàn Fǎwáng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雷電):

→ Japanese: 雷電(らいでん) (raiden)
→ Korean: 뇌전(雷電) (noejeon)
→ Vietnamese: lôi điện (雷電)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷	電
らい Grade: S	でん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

雷(らい)電(でん) • (raiden)

See also

金剛(こんごう) (kongō): diamond; thunderbolt
稲妻(いなずま) (inazuma): lightning bolt
落雷(らくらい) (rakurai): thunderbolt; lightning strike
雷鳴(らいめい) (raimei): thunder; thunderclap; peal of thunder