發電

See also: 发电

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fādiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ din⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fat-thien

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fad⁵ tiên⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-tiān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huag⁴ diang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fādiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fadiàn
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-tien⁴
    • Yale: fā-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fadiann
    • Palladius: фадянь (fadjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ din⁶
    • Yale: faat dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ tiːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fat-thien
    • Hakka Romanization System: fad^ˋ tien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁵ tian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fat̚² tʰi̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fad⁵ tiên⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fat̚¹ tʰiɛn⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-tiān
    • Tâi-lô: huat-tiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatdien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huag⁴ diang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huak tiăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huak̚²⁻⁴ tiaŋ³⁵/

Etymology 1

		to produce	electricity
trad. (發電)		發	電
simp. (发电)		发	电

Verb

發⫽電 (verb-object)

1. to generate electricity
2. (neologism, Internet slang, euphemistic) to masturbate

Synonyms

• (to masturbate):

Dialectal synonyms of 手淫 (“(of a male) to masturbate; to jerk off”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手淫, 自慰, 自瀆, 自撫, 自淫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	打手槍, 打槍, 尻槍, 尻手槍, 尻尻, 尻, 自慰, DIY
	Singapore	打手槍, 打飛機
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	擼鴨子, 擼管兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	打手銃
Cantonese	Hong Kong	打飛機, 打J, J, 打丁, 搵五姑娘, DIY
	Singapore (Guangfu)	打飛機
Hakka	Meixian	打手銃
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	打手銃, 打飛機
	Huidong (Daling)	打手銃
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	打水銃
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	摸𡳞
	Changting	打手銃
	Wuping	搞𡳞
	Wuping (Pingyu)	搞𡳞
	Liancheng	打手銃
	Yudu	打手銃
	Ruijin	打手銃
	Shangyou (Shexi)	打手銃
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打手銃
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打手槍
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打手銃, 洩手銃
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打手銃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打手銃, 洩手銃
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打手銃, 洩手銃
Jin	Pingyao	耍㞗兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𢫦草屩
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍手銃
	Quanzhou	拍手銃
	Zhangzhou	拍手銃
	Zhao'an	拍手銃
	Taipei (Wanhua)	拍手銃
	Kaohsiung	拍手銃
	Yilan	拍手銃
	Changhua (Lukang)	拍手銃
	Taichung	拍手銃
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拍手銃
	Tainan	拍手銃
	Taitung	拍手銃
	Hsinchu	拍手銃
	Penghu (Magong)	拍手銃
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Manila (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Jieyang	敲手銃
	Leizhou	拍手銃
Wu	Shanghai	搓卵 dated
	Ningbo	打手銃
Xiang	Loudi	打手銃

Derived terms

• 核能發電 / 核能发电
• 水力發電 / 水力发电 (shuǐlì fādiàn)
• 火力發電 / 火力发电
• 用愛發電 / 用爱发电 (yòng ài fādiàn)
• 發電廠 / 发电厂 (fādiànchǎng)
• 發電所 / 发电所 (fādiànsuǒ)
• 發電機 / 发电机 (fādiànjī)
• 發電站 / 发电站 (fādiànzhàn)
• 發電車 / 发电车 (fādiànchē)
• 風力發電 / 风力发电

 

Etymology 2

		to send	telegram
trad. (發電)		發	電
simp. (发电)		发	电

Verb

發⫽電 (verb-object)

1. to telegraph; to cable; to send a telegram

Japanese

Kanji in this term
發	電
はつ Hyōgai	でん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

發(はつ)電(でん) • (hatsuden) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 発電: power generation (electricity)

Verb

發(はつ)電(でん)する • (hatsuden suru) suru (stem 發(はつ)電(でん)し (hatsuden shi), past 發(はつ)電(でん)した (hatsuden shita))

1. Kyūjitai form of 発電: to generate power

Conjugation

Conjugation of "發電する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	發電し	はつでんし	hatsuden shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	發電し	はつでんし	hatsuden shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	發電する	はつでんする	hatsuden suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	發電する	はつでんする	hatsuden suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	發電すれ	はつでんすれ	hatsuden sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	發電せよ¹ 發電しろ²	はつでんせよ¹ はつでんしろ²	hatsuden seyo¹ hatsuden shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	發電される	はつでんされる	hatsuden sareru
Causative	發電させる 發電さす	はつでんさせる はつでんさす	hatsuden saseru hatsuden sasu
Potential	發電できる	はつでんできる	hatsuden dekiru
Volitional	發電しよう	はつでんしよう	hatsuden shiyō
Negative	發電しない	はつでんしない	hatsuden shinai
Negative continuative	發電せず	はつでんせず	hatsuden sezu
Formal	發電します	はつでんします	hatsuden shimasu
Perfective	發電した	はつでんした	hatsuden shita
Conjunctive	發電して	はつでんして	hatsuden shite
Hypothetical conditional	發電すれば	はつでんすれば	hatsuden sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
發	電

Noun

發電 • (baljeon) (hangeul 발전)

1. hanja form^? of 발전 (“power generation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
發	電

Verb

發電

1. chữ Hán form of phát điện (“power generation”).