激光

Chinese

		to arouse; to incite; to excite to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (激光)		激	光

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Semi-conductor lasers (半導體激光)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹ gwong¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kek-kng / kiak-kng / kek-kuiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêg⁴ guang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciq-kuaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiguang
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-kuang¹
    • Yale: jī-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiguang
    • Palladius: цзигуан (cziguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gik¹ gwong¹
    • Yale: gīk gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig¹ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-kng
    • Tâi-lô: kik-kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kekk'ngf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kŋ̍⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-kng
    • Tâi-lô: kiak-kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiakk'ngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-kuiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kik-kuinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kekkvuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kuĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêg⁴ guang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kek kuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kek̚²⁻⁴ kuaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq-kuaon
    • MiniDict: cih^入 kuaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq-kuaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

激光

1. (chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong) laser

   皮膚激光治療／皮肤激光治疗  ―  pífū jīguāng zhìliáo  ―  laser skin treatment

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		激光 Mainland China, Hong Kong, 雷射 Taiwan, Hong Kong, 萊塞 dated in Mainland China
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	雷射
	Singapore	雷射
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雷射, 激光
	Hong Kong	雷射, 激光, laser
Hakka	Meixian	雷射
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	雷射
Southern Min	Xiamen	激光
	Quanzhou	激光
	Zhangzhou	激光
	Tainan	雷射
	Shantou	激光
Wu	Shanghai	激光
Note	雷射 is also written 鐳射.

Dialectal synonyms of 激光 (“laser”) [map]

Derived terms

• 激光唱機／激光唱机
• 激光唱片
• 激光器 (jīguāngqì)
• 激光打印機／激光打印机 (jīguāng dǎyìnjī)
• 激光束 (jīguāngshù)
• 激光照排
• 激光視盤／激光视盘 (jīguāng shìpán)
• 激光計算機／激光计算机