Japanese Word Entry
電話交換手| Kana: | でんわこうかんしゅ |
| Romaji: | denwakoukanshu |
| Definition: | telephone operator |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 電 | electricity, electric, lightning |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄧㄢˋ (diàn) |
| Cantonese: | din6 |
| Japanese: | デン (den)、 テン (ten) / いなずま (inazuma) |
| Korean: | 전 (jeon) |
| Vietnamese: | điện |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 电 |
| 話 | tale, talk, speech, language, dialect |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨㄚˋ (huà) |
| Cantonese: | waa6 |
| Japanese: | ワ (wa)、 カイ (kai) / はな.す (hanasu)、 はなし (hanashi) |
| Korean: | 화 (hwa) |
| Vietnamese: | thoại |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 话 |
| 交 | mingle, mixing, association, coming & going, mix, intersect, exchange, communicate, deliver |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄧㄠ (jiāo) |
| Cantonese: | gaau1 |
| Japanese: | コウ (kou)、 キョウ (kyou) / まじ.わる (majiwaru)、 まじ.える (majieru)、 ま.じる (majiru)、 ま.ざる (mazaru)、 ま.ぜる (mazeru)、 -か.う (-kau)、 か.わす (kawasu)、 こもごも (komogomo)、 かう (kau) |
| Korean: | 교 (gyo) |
| Vietnamese: | giao |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 跤 |
| 換 | interchange, period, change, convert, replace, renew, exchange, substitute |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨㄢˋ (huàn) |
| Cantonese: | wun6 |
| Japanese: | カン (kan) / か.える (kaeru)、 -か.える (-kaeru)、 か.わる (kawaru) |
| Korean: | 환 (hwan) |
| Vietnamese: | hoán |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 换 |
| 手 | hand |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄡˇ (shǒu) |
| Cantonese: | sau2 |
| Japanese: | シュ (shu)、 ズ (zu) / て (te)、 て- (te-)、 -て (-te)、 た- (ta-)、 てずから (tezukara) |
| Korean: | 수 (su) |
| Vietnamese: | thủ |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 扌 |