量子

量子

Chinese

		capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (量子)		量	子

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 量 (りょう)子 (し) (ryōshi, “quantum”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁶ zi²
• Min Nan (POJ): liōng-chú / liōng-chír / liāng-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liàngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianqtzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: loeng⁶ zi²
    • Yale: leuhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁶ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /lœ̽ːŋ²² t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 亮子 量子

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: liōng-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lioxngzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng-chír
    • Tâi-lô: liōng-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: liāng-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaxngzuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

量子

1. (physics) quantum

Derived terms

量子位元 (liàngzǐ wèiyuán) 量子力學／量子力学 (liàngzǐ lìxué) 量子化學／量子化学 量子測量／量子测量 量子物理學／量子物理学 量子糾纏／量子纠缠 (liàngzǐ jiūchán)

量子計算機／量子计算机 (liàngzǐ jìsuànjī) 量子論／量子论 量子門／量子门 量子電動力學／量子电动力学 量子點／量子点

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
量	子
りょう Grade: 4	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) りょ​ーし [ryóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ːɕi]

Noun

量子 (hiragana りょうし, rōmaji ryōshi, historical hiragana りやうし)

1. (physics) quantum

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 音 (おん)響 (きょう)量 (りょう)子 (し) (onkyō ryōshi, “phonon”)
• 光 (こう)量 (りょう)子 (し) (kōryōshi, “photon”)
• 作用量子 (さくようりょうし) (sakuyō ryōshi, “action quantum”)
• 量子色力学 (りょうしいろりきがく) (ryōshi irorikigaku, “quantum chromodynamics”)
• 量 (りょう)子 (し)エレクトロニクス (ryōshi erekutoronikusu, “quantum electronics”)
• 量 (りょう)子 (し)化 (か) (ryōshika, “quantisation”)
• 量子化学 (りょうしかがく) (ryōshi kagaku, “quantum chemistry”)
• 量子仮説 (りょうしかせつ) (ryōshi kasetsu, “quantum hypothesis”)
• 量 (りょう)子 (し)コンピューター (ryōshi konpyūtā, “quantum computer”)
• 量 (りょう)子 (し)数 (すう) (ryōshisū, “quantum number”)

• 量子電磁力学 (りょうしでんじりきがく) (ryōshi denjirikigaku, “quantum electrodynamics”)
• 量子統計力学 (りょうしとうけいりきがく) (ryōshi tōkei rikigaku, “quantum statistical mechanics”)
• 量子物理学 (りょうしぶつりがく) (ryōshi butsurigaku, “quantum physics”)
• 量 (りょう)子 (し)ビット (ryōshi bitto, “qubit”)
• 量 (りょう)子 (し)ホール効 (こう)果 (か) (ryōshi hōru kōka, “quantum Hall effect”)
• 量子縺 (りょうしもつ)れ (ryōshi motsure, “quantum entanglement”)
• 量子力学 (りょうしりきがく) (ryōshi rikigaku, “quantum mechanics”)
• 量 (りょう)子 (し)論 (ろん) (ryōshiron, “quantum theory”)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 量子
• → Korean: 양자 (yangja)
• → Vietnamese: lượng tử

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 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
量	子

Noun

量子 • (yangja) (hangeul 양자)

1. Hanja form^? of 양자 (“quantum”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
量	子

Noun

量子

1. Hán tự form of lượng tử (“quantum”).