波長

波長

See also: 波长

Chinese

		wave; ripple; storm wave; ripple; storm; surge	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (波長)		波	長
simp. (波长)		波	长
anagram		長波／长波

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 波長 (はちょう) (hachō, “wavelength”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ coeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pô-chhòng
• Min Dong (BUC): pŏ̤-diòng
• Min Nan (POJ): pho-tn̂g / po-tn̂g
• Wu (Wiktionary): pu zan (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bōcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bocharng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bocháng
    • IPA ^(key): /pwɔ˥ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ˧˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ coeng⁴
    • Yale: bō chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ cêng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pɔː˥ t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ˨˩/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pô-chhòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo´ congˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo¹ cong²
    • IPA: /po˨˦ t͡sʰoŋ˩/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pŏ̤-diòng
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰo˥ ^(t-)luoŋ˥˧/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: pho-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoi'dngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰo˧˧ tŋ̍˨˦/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰo˦˦꜕꜕ tŋ̍˨˦/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ˦˦꜔꜔ tŋ̍˨˧/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo˦˦꜔꜔ tŋ̍˨˦/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰo˦˦꜕꜕ tŋ̍˩˧/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: po-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poi'dngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po˦˦꜕꜕ tŋ̍˨˦/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po˧˧ tŋ̍˨˦/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pu zan (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /pv̩ʷ˥ z̻ã˨˩/

Noun

波長

1. (physics) wavelength

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
波	長
は Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

波 (ha, “wave”) +‎ 長 (chō, “length”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) はちょー [hàchóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

波長 (hiragana はちょう, rōmaji hachō)

1. (physics) wavelength
   • 1928, 宮本百合子, シナーニ書店のベンチ:

     特 (とく)定 (てい)の波 (は)長 (ちょう)に対 (たい)しては特 (とく)定 (てい)の検 (けん)波 (ぱ)器 (き)がある。

     Tokutei no hachō ni taishite wa tokutei no kenpaki ga aru.

     There are certain wave gauges for given wavelengths.

Descendants

• Chinese: 波長／波长 (bōcháng)
• Korean: 파장 (pajang)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
波	長

Noun

波長 • (pajang, McCune-Reischauer: p'ajang, Yale: phacang) (hangeul 파장)

1. Hanja form^? of 파장 (“wavelength”).