Chinese Word Entry

電線杆

Simplified Chinese form: 电线杆

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄢ
Mandarin (Pinyin): diàn xiàn gān
Cantonese (Jyutping): din6 sin3 gon1
Definitions:
  1. electric pole

  2. telephone pole

  3. lamppost
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Chinese characters used in this word

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:

line, track, thread, wire, clue
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ (xiàn)
Cantonese: sin3
Japanese: セン (sen) / すじ (suji)
Korean: 선 (seon)
Vietnamese: tuyến
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: 线
Semantic variant form:

shield, pole, shaft of spear
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄢ (gān), ㄍㄢˇ (gǎn), ㄍㄢˋ (gàn)
Cantonese: gon1
Japanese: カン (kan) / てこ (teko)、 てすり (tesuri)
Korean: 간 (gan)
Vietnamese: can, cơn