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

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
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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
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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
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