汽船

汽船

Chinese

		steam; vapor	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (汽船)		汽	船
simp. #(汽船)		汽	船

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ syun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hi-sòn
• Min Nan (POJ): khì-chûn
• Wu (Wiktionary): qi zoe (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qìchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihchwan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: hei³ syun⁴
    • Yale: hei syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ xun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ ʃyːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 氣旋／气旋 汽船

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-sòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi sonˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ son²
    • IPA: /hi⁵⁵ son¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-chûn
    • Tâi-lô: khì-tsûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiezuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sun²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: qi zoe (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³³ z̻ø⁴⁴/

Noun

汽船

1. steamship; steamboat (Classifier: 艘)
2. motorboat (Classifier: 艘)

Synonyms

• (motorboat) 摩托船 (mótuōchuán), 汽艇 (qìtǐng)

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Japanese

汽船 (kisen): a steamship.

Kanji in this term
汽	船
き Grade: 2	せん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably coined in Japan from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 汽 (ki, “steam”) +‎ 船 (sen, “boat, ship”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) きせん [kìséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲisẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

汽船 (hiragana きせん, rōmaji kisen)

1. steamship

References

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
汽	船

Noun

汽船 • (giseon) (hangeul 기선)

1. Hanja form^? of 기선 (“steamship”).