萊塞

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (萊塞)		萊	塞
simp. (莱塞)		莱	塞

Etymology

From English laser.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láisè, láisài

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄙㄜˋ, ㄌㄞˊ ㄙㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ sak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láisè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láisè
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-sê⁴
    • Yale: lái-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laiseh
    • Palladius: лайсэ (lajsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láisài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄙㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láisài
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-sai⁴
    • Yale: lái-sài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laisay
    • Palladius: лайсай (lajsaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ sak¹
    • Yale: lòih sāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ sak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ seg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ sɐk̚⁵/

Noun

萊塞

1. (dated) laser

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 激光 (“laser”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		激光 Mainland China, Hong Kong, 雷射 Taiwan, Hong Kong, 萊塞 dated in Mainland China
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	雷射
	Singapore	雷射
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雷射, 激光
	Hong Kong	雷射, 激光, laser
Hakka	Meixian	雷射
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	雷射
Southern Min	Xiamen	激光
	Quanzhou	激光
	Zhangzhou	激光
	Tainan	雷射
	Shantou	激光
Wu	Shanghai	激光
Note	雷射 is also written 鐳射.