Japanese Word Entry
鐵道電話Simplified Japanese form: 鉄道電話
| Kana: | てつどうでんわ |
| Romaji: | tetsudoudenwa |
| Definition: | railway telephone |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 鐵 | iron, iron (element 26, Fe), strong, solid, firm |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄊㄧㄝˇ (tiě), ㄉㄧㄝˊ (dié) |
| Cantonese: | tit3 |
| Japanese: | テツ (tetsu)、 テチ (techi) / くろがね (kurogane) |
| Korean: | 철 (cheol) |
| Vietnamese: | thiết |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 铁 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 鉄 |
| Semantic variant form: | 鐡 |
| 道 | road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings, path, road, method, way |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄠˋ (dào), ㄉㄠˇ (dǎo) |
| Cantonese: | dou6 |
| Japanese: | ドウ (dou)、 トウ (tou) / みち (michi)、 いう (iu)、 みちびく (michibiku) |
| Korean: | 도 (do) |
| Vietnamese: | đạo, đáo |
| 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 |