Japanese Word Entry
絲電話Simplified Japanese form: 糸電話
| Kana: | いとでんわ |
| Romaji: | itodenwa |
| Definition: | telephone made from two cans and a piece of string |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 絲 | thread, silk, fine thread, wire, strings |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄙ (sī) |
| Cantonese: | si1 |
| Japanese: | シ (shi)、 ベキ (beki) / いと (ito) |
| Korean: | 사 (sa) |
| Vietnamese: | ti, tơ |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 丝 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 糸 |
| 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 |
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