汽船

Chinese

steam; vapour a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (汽船)
simp. #(汽船)

Pronunciation


Noun

汽船

  1. steamship; steamboat (Classifier: )
  2. motorboat (Classifier: )

Synonyms

Japanese

汽船 (kisen): a steamship.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
せん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably coined in Japan from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of (ki, steam) + (sen, boat, ship).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せん [kìséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲisẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

()(せん) • (kisen) 

  1. steamship

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

汽船 • (giseon) (hangeul 기선)

  1. Hanja form? of 기선 (steamship).
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