引擎

Chinese

to pull; to lead to lift up
trad. (引擎)
simp. #(引擎)
alternative forms 因擎 Wu

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English engine. First entered Chinese through Shanghainese. Entered Taiwanese Hakka and Min Nan via Japanese エンジン (enjin).

Pronunciation


Note: iăn-jín/iân-jín/ian-jín - directly borrowed from Japanese.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghai):
      • Wugniu: 1in-jin
      • MiniDict: in jin
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1in-jjin
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ d͡ʑin²¹/

Noun

引擎

  1. engine (mechanical device or part of a car)
    引擎故障   yǐnqíng gùzhàng   engine failure
  2. (computing) engine (software or hardware system responsible for a specific task)
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) motorcycle

Synonyms

  • (engine):
  • (motorcycle):

Derived terms

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