鞲鞴

Chinese


simp. and trad. (鞲鞴)		鞲	鞴

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of German Kolben; coined by Chinese scientist Xu Shou in 1871 in 《汽機發軔》 (Li, 2004).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōubèi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡㄅㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōubèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: goubèi
  - Wade–Giles: kou¹-pei⁴
  - Yale: gōu-bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goubey
  - Palladius: гоубэй (goubɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

鞲鞴

(dated) piston (in a steam locomotive)

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