Chinese Word Entry
日本電報電話公司Simplified Chinese form: 日本电报电话公司
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | Rì běn Diàn bào Diàn huà Gōng sī |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | jat6 bun2 din6 bou3 din6 waa2 gung1 si1 |
| Definition: |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 日 | day, sun, Japan, counter for days, daytime |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄖˋ (rì) |
| Cantonese: | jat6 |
| Japanese: | ニチ (nichi)、 ジツ (jitsu) / ひ (hi)、 -び (-bi)、 -か (-ka)、 か (ka)、 ひび (hibi) |
| Korean: | 일 (il) |
| Vietnamese: | nhật |
| 本 | book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things, root, source, basis |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄅㄣˇ (běn), ㄅㄣ (bēn) |
| Cantonese: | bun2 |
| Japanese: | ホン (hon) / もと (moto) |
| Korean: | 본 (bon) |
| Vietnamese: | bổn, bản |
| 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 |
| 報 | report, news, reward, retribution, tell, announce |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄅㄠˋ (bào), ㄈㄨˋ (fù) |
| Cantonese: | bou3 |
| Japanese: | ホウ (hou) / むく.いる (mukuiru)、 しらせる (shiraseru) |
| Korean: | 보 (bo), 부 (bu) |
| Vietnamese: | báo |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 报 |
| 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 |
| 公 | public, prince, official, governmental, fair, equitable, duke |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄨㄥ (gōng) |
| Cantonese: | gung1 |
| Japanese: | コウ (kou)、 ク (ku) / おおやけ (ooyake)、 きみ (kimi) |
| Korean: | 공 (gong) |
| Vietnamese: | công |
| 司 | director, official, govt office, rule, administer, take charge of, control, manage, officer |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄙ (sī), ㄘˊ (cí), ㄙˋ (sì) |
| Cantonese: | si1 |
| Japanese: | シ (shi) / つかさど.る (tsukasadoru)、 つかさ (tsukasa) |
| Korean: | 사 (sa) |
| Vietnamese: | ti, tư |