光年

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	year
simp. and trad. (光年)		光	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāngnián

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ nin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): kong-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangnian
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong¹ nin⁴
  - Yale: gwōng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-liân
  - Tâi-lô: kong-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: konglieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/

Noun

光年

(astronomy) light year

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光	年
こう Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Appears to be a calque of English light year.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) こーねん [kòónéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
- (Tokyo) こーねん [kóꜜònèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

光年 (hiragana こうねん, rōmaji kōnen, historical hiragana くわうねん)

(astronomy) a light year

Counter

光年 (hiragana こうねん, rōmaji -kōnen, historical hiragana くわうねん)

(astronomy) light year
宇 (う)宙 (ちゅう)の直 (ちょっ)径 (けい)は約 (やく)930億 (おく)光 (こう)年 (ねん)だ。
Uchū no chokkei wa yaku 930-oku kōnen da.
The diameter of the universe is some ninety-three billion light years.
- 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1984], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ニューイヤー星せい調ちょう査さ行こう [Expedition to Planet New Year]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), 10th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 73:
  地 (ち)球 (きゅう)自 (じ)身 (しん)すでに銀 (ぎん)河 (が)系 (けい)の外れにあるといえるが、そこからさらに六万 (まん)光年渦 (か)分 (ぶん)子 (し)の先っぽに……、ロルカル系 (けい)第 (だい)三惑 (わく)星 (せい)「ニューイヤー」がある。
  Chikyū jishin sude ni Gingakei no hazure ni aru to ieru ga, soko kara sara ni rokuman kōnen kabunshi no sakippo ni……, Rorukaru-kei dai-san wakusei “Nyū Iyā” ga aru.
  Earth is essentially situated in the extremity of the Milky Way, 60,000 light years from which, at the tip of the vortex molecules……, is “New Year”, the third planet of the Lorcal system.

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2014, ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., relevant text online here.
1998, 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainiban, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, relevant text online here.
1984, 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, relevant text online here.

Korean

Hanja in this term
光	年

Noun

光年 • (gwangnyeon) (hangeul 광년)

Hanja form^? of 광년 (“light year”).

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.