速度

速度

Chinese

		fast; rapid; quick	capacity; degree; standard
simp. and trad. (速度)		速	度
Literally: “degree of speediness”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ dou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): suk-thu
• Min Nan (POJ): sok-tō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sùdù → sùdu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄉㄨˋ → ㄙㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suh.duh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùdů
    • IPA ^(key): /su˥˩꜒꜔ tu˥˩/ → /su˥˩ d̥u˩/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cuk¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: chūk douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ dou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk˥ tou̯˨/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: suk-thu
    • Hakka Romanization System: sug` tu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sug⁵ tu⁴
    • IPA: /suk̚˨ tʰu˥/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sok-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokdo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk˧˨꜓ tɔ˨˨/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk˥꜕꜓ tɔ˦˩/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk˧˨꜒ tɔ˨˨/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔk˧˨꜓ tɔ˧˧/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk˧˨꜓ tɔ˧˧/

Noun

速度

1. (physics) velocity
2. (in general) speed; rate; pace

See also

• 速率 (sùlǜ, “speed in physics”)

Derived terms

宇宙速度 (yǔzhòu sùdù) 瞬時速度／瞬时速度 (shùnshí sùdù) 第一宇宙速度 (dì-yī yǔzhòusùdù) 第三宇宙速度 (dìsān yǔzhòusùdù)

第二宇宙速度 (dì'èr yǔzhòusùdù) 線速度／线速度 角速度 (jiǎosùdù) 速度計／速度计 (sùdùjì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
速	度
そく Grade: 3	ど Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) そ​くど [sóꜜkùdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [so̞kɯ̟ᵝdo̞]

Noun

速度 (hiragana そくど, rōmaji sokudo)

1. speed; velocity
2. (physics) velocity

Related terms

• 速 (はや)さ (hayasa): (absolute) velocity, speed

Compounds

• 速度計 (そくどけい) (sokudokei): speedometer
• 速度制限 (そくどせいげん) (sokudoseigen): speed limit
• 速度違反 (そくどいはん) (sokudoihan)

• 初速度 (しょそくど) (shosokudo): initial velocity
• 終端速度 (しゅうたんそくど) (shūtansokudo): terminal velocity

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.