光速

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	fast; rapid; quick
trad. (光速)		光	速
simp. #(光速)		光	速

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ cuk¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-sok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ sog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangsù
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-su⁴
    • Yale: gwāng-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangsuh
    • Palladius: гуансу (guansu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ cuk¹
    • Yale: gwōng chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 光束 光速

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-sok
    • Tâi-lô: kong-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongsog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ sɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang¹ sog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang sok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ sok̚²/

Noun

光速

1. the speed of light

Adverb

光速

1. (figuratively) extremely quickly

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光	速
こう Grade: 2	そく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• Homophone: 高速

Noun

光(こう)速(そく) • (kōsoku) 

1. the speed of light

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.