次元

次元

Chinese

		number of times; order; sequence number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
trad. (次元)		次	元
simp. #(次元)		次	元

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 次(じ)元(げん) (jigen)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: tsz̀-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhyuan
    • Palladius: цыюань (cyjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ jyun⁴
    • Yale: chi yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ jyːn²¹/

Noun

次元

1. (chiefly ACG) dimension (especially in science fiction, fantasy)

Derived terms

三次元 (sāncìyuán) 二次元 (èrcìyuán)

次元壁 (cìyuánbì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
次	元
じ Grade: 3	げん Grade: 2
kan’yōon	kan’on

Etymology

Appeared in 数学ニ用ヰル辞ノ英和対訳字書 (Sūgaku ni Mochiiru Ji no Ei-Wa Taiyaku Jisho, “Vocabulary of mathematical terms in English and Japanese”) of 1889 as a translation of English dimension.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じげん [jìgéń] (Heiban – [0])[3][1][4]
• IPA^(key): [(d͡)ʑiɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

次(じ)元(げん) • (jigen) ^{←じげん (zigen)?}

1. a dimension

Derived terms

• 次(じ)元(げん)解(かい)析(せき) (jigen kaiseki)
• 超(ちょう)次(じ)元(げん) (chōjigen, “transdimensional”)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 次元 (cìyuán)
• → Korean: 차원 (chawon)
• → Vietnamese: thứ nguyên

See also

• 寸(すん)法(ぽう) (sunpō)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. “次元”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
次	元

Noun

次元 • (chawon or McCune-Reischauer: ch'awŏn or Yale: chawen) (hangeul 차원)

1. Hanja form^? of 차원 (“dimension”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
次	元

Adjective

次元

1. chữ Hán form of thứ nguyên (“dimensional”).