季刊

季刊

Chinese

		season; period	to print; publish
simp. and trad. (季刊)		季	刊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìkān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄎㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ hon¹, gwai³ hon²
• Min Nan (POJ): kùi-khan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jìkān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄎㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihkan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìkan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ hon¹, gwai³ hon²
    • Yale: gwai hōn, gwai hón
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ hon¹, gwai³ hon²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ hon¹, guei³ hon²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ hɔːn⁵⁵/, /kʷɐi̯³³ hɔːn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-khan
    • Tâi-lô: kuì-khan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuie'qafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰan⁴⁴/

Noun

季刊

1. quarterly publication (Classifier: 本)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
季	刊
き Grade: 4	かん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) きかん [kìkáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲikã̠ɴ]

Noun

季刊 (hiragana きかん, rōmaji kikan)

1. a quarterly, a newsletter or magazine that comes out quarterly

Synonyms

• クオータリー (kuōtarī)

Derived terms

• 季 (き)刊 (かん)誌 (し) (kikanshi)
• 季 (き)刊 (かん)雑 (ざっ)誌 (し) (kikanzasshi)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9