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渡船

渡船

Chinese

		to cross; to pass through; to ferry	a boat; vessel; ship
simp. and trad. (渡船)		渡	船

Noun

渡船

ferry; ferryboat

Derived terms

空間渡船／空间渡船 (kōngjiān dùchuán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
渡	船
と Grade: S	せん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi

(Tokyo) とせん [tòséń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]

IPA^(key): [to̞sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

渡船 ‎(hiragana とせん, romaji tosen)

ferry

Synonyms

渡 (わた)し船 (ぶね) ‎(watashibune)

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dùchuán

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ syun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu-sòn
Min Nan (POJ): tō͘-chûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dùchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhchwan
  - IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ syun⁴
  - Yale: douh syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ syn⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² ɕyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu-sòn
  - Hakka Romanization System: tu sonˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tu⁴ son²
  - IPA: /tʰu⁵⁵ son¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-chûn
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-tsûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxzuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡sun²³/