電機

See also: 电机

Chinese

	electric; electricity; electrical	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (電機)	電	機
simp. (电机)	电	机
anagram	機電／机电

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diànjī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ gei¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thien-kî

(Hailu, HRS): tien^˖ gi^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng⁵ gi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diànjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diànji
  - Wade–Giles: tien⁴-chi¹
  - Yale: dyàn-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannji
  - Palladius: дяньцзи (djanʹczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    奠基
    電擊 / 电击
    電機 / 电机
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: din⁶ gei¹
  - Yale: dihn gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² kei̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    奠基
    電機 / 电机
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien gi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ gi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ ki²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^˖ gi^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰien³³ ki⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵ gi¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dēng-gi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ¹¹ ki⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵ gi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ²¹ ki⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-ki
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diexnky
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² ki³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

電機

electrical machinery; appliance
(obsolete) telegraph
- 那陸畹香的一笑一顰，競和那章秋谷的一顧一盼互相關合，差不多就和無線電機一般，不期而然的兩邊相應。 [MSC, trad.]
  那陆畹香的一笑一颦，竞和那章秋谷的一顾一盼互相关合，差不多就和无线电机一般，不期而然的两边相应。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: s:zh:九尾龜/030
  Nà Lù Wǎnxiāng de yīxiàoyīpín, jìng hé nà Zhāng Qiūgǔ de yīgùyīpàn hùxiàng guānhé, chābùduō jiù hé wúxiàn diànjī yībān, bùqī'érrán de liǎngbiān xiàngyìng. [Pinyin]
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- 方與朱啓鈴之三女交甚密，日假予書齋之電機通好辭，予與朱咸不知也。 [MSC, trad.]
  方与朱启铃之三女交甚密，日假予书斋之电机通好辞，予与朱咸不知也。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: s:zh:辛丙秘苑/袁克文逐客
  Fāng yǔ Zhū Qǐlíng zhī sān nǚ jiāo shèn mì, rì jiǎ yǔ shūzhāi zhī diànjī tōng hǎocí, yǔ yǔ Zhū xián bùzhī yě. [Pinyin]
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