外電

外電

See also: 外电

Chinese

		foreign	dispatch (電訊)
trad. (外電)		外	電
simp. (外电)		外	电

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàidiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ din⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): gōa-tiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wàidiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waydiann
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ din⁶
    • Yale: ngoih dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ din⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːy̯²² tiːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-tiān
    • Tâi-lô: guā-tiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxdien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gua²²⁻²¹ tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gua⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gua²²⁻²¹ tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gua³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gua³³⁻²¹ tiɛn³³/

Noun

外電

1. dispatch from a foreign news agency

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	電
がい Grade: 2	でん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Shortening of 外国電報 (gaikoku denpō, “telegram or dispatch from a foreign country”).[1]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) がいでん [gàídéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡa̠idẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

外電 (hiragana がいでん, rōmaji gaiden, historical hiragana ぐわいでん)

1. Short for 外国電報 (gaikoku denpō): a dispatch from a foreign news agency

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN