家電

See also: 家电

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (家電)		家	電
simp. (家电)		家	电

Etymology

Short for 家用電器／家用电器 (jiāyòng diànqì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiādiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ din⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-tiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiādiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiadiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-tien⁴
    • Yale: jyā-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiadiann
    • Palladius: цзядянь (czjadjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ din⁶
    • Yale: gā dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ tiːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-tiān
    • Tâi-lô: ka-tiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'dien
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn³³/

Noun

家電

1. electrical home appliance; electrical household appliance

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
家	電
か Grade: 2	でん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Shortening of 家(か)庭(てい)用(よう)電(でん)器(き) (katei-yō denki, “electrical household appliance”, literally “appliance for household use”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かでん [kàdéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠dẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

家(か)電(でん) • (kaden) 

1. electrical home appliance; electrical household appliance

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
家	電
いえ Grade: 2	でん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “家・電話？”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いえでん [ìédéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ie̞dẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

家(いえ)電(でん) • (ieden) 

1. (informal) landline phone (of a household)

Synonyms

• 固(こ)定(てい)電(でん)話(わ) (koteidenwa)