光纖

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	fine; delicate; minute
trad. (光纖)		光	纖
simp. (光纤)		光	纤

Etymology

Short for 光導纖維／光导纤维 (guāngdǎo xiānwéi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ cim¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kng-chhiam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangsian
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-hsien¹
    • Yale: gwāng-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangshian
    • Palladius: гуансянь (guansjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ cim¹
    • Yale: gwōng chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-chhiam
    • Tâi-lô: kng-tshiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngchiafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ t͡sʰiam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/

Noun

光纖

1. optical fibre