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寫真
寫真
Chinese
| to write | real; true; genuine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (寫真) | 寫 | 真 | |
| simp. (写真) | 写 | 真 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄣ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieejen
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: se2 zan1
- Yale: sé jān
- Cantonese Pinyin: se2 dzan1
- IPA (key): /sɛː³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-chin
- Tâi-lô: siá-tsin
- Phofsit Daibuun: siafcyn
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕin³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xia tsen (T2)
- IPA (key): /ɕiᴀ³³ t͡səɲ⁴⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
Noun
寫真
Verb
寫真
- to portray something accurately
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): se2 zan1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sià-sín
- Min Nan (POJ): siá-chin / sia-sín
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄣ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieejen
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: se2 zan1
- Yale: sé jān
- Cantonese Pinyin: se2 dzan1
- IPA (key): /sɛː³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sià-sín
- Hakka Romanization System: xiaˇ xin`
- Hagfa Pinyim: xia2 xin3
- IPA: /ɕi̯a¹¹ ɕin³¹/
- Note: from Japanese pronunciation.
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siá-chin / sia-sín
- Tâi-lô: siá-tsin / sia-sín
- Phofsit Daibuun: siafcyn, siasien
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/, /ɕia⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕin³³/, /ɕia³³ ɕin⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/, /ɕia⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/, /ɕia⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/, /ɕia⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴¹/
- Note: sia-sín - from Japanese pronunciation.
- (Hokkien)
Noun
寫真
Usage notes
This term often has sexual connotations.
Derived terms
References
- (Min Nan) “Entry #52281”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
- (Min Nan) “Entry #31137”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.