電柱

電柱

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	pillar
trad. (電柱)		電	柱
simp. (电柱)		电	柱

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): tiān-thiǎu / tiān-thiāu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-thiǎu
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-thiǎu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tʰiaʊ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-thiāu
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-thiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexntiau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tʰiaʊ²²/

Noun

電柱

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) utility pole

Synonyms

• 電線桿／电线杆 (diànxiàngǎn)
• 電線杆／电线杆 (diànxiàngān)
• 電線杆子／电线杆子 (diànxiàn gānzi)
• 電杆／电杆 (diàngān)
• 電桿／电杆 (diàngǎn)
• (Min Nan) 電燈柱／电灯柱, 電柱仔／电柱仔

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	柱
でん Grade: 2	ちゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

電 (den, “electric”) +‎ 柱 (chū, “pole”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) でんちゅう [dèńchúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

電柱 (hiragana でんちゅう, rōmaji denchū)

1. utility pole, telephone pole, telegraph pole, light pole

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