支光

Chinese

		(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (支光)		支	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsy-kuan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihguang
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-kuang¹
    • Yale: jr̄-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyguang
    • Palladius: чжигуан (čžiguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy-kuan
    • MiniDict: tsyi^平 kuan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr-kuan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ kuã²¹/

Classifier

支光

1. (regional, colloquial) watt

   ※Definitely, "支光" is a unit of brightness (luminous intensity). However, the brightness of a luminous device is measured in watts in life because of luminous intensity's dependence on power, which resulted in it being bonded to watt, the unit of power.

   • 韓蘭根剃了光頭後，藝華新華同人都叫他五十支光，但他祗承認是五支光。他說，洪警鈴比他靈「光」，是十支光。 [MSC, trad.]
     韩兰根剃了光头后，艺华新华同人都叫他五十支光，但他只承认是五支光。他说，洪警铃比他灵「光」，是十支光。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940 September 27, 《圈外事》, in 《中國影訊》 [China Cinema News], volume 1, issue 28, page 220

     Hán Lángēn tì le guāngtóu hòu, Yìhuá Xīnhuá tóngrén dōu jiào tā wǔshí zhīguāng, dàn tā zhǐ chéngrèn shì wǔ zhīguāng. Tā shuō, Hóng Jǐnglíng bǐ tā líng “guāng”, shì shí zhīguāng. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瓦特 (“watt”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瓦特, 瓦
Mandarin	Taiwan	瓦
	Wuhan	支光
	Guiyang	支光, 瓦
	Guilin	瓦
	Dagudi (Maliba)	瓦
	Reshuitang (Longling)	瓦
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	瓦
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	瓦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	火, 𡆇
	Hong Kong	火, 𡆇
	Taishan (Guanghai)	瓦
	Beihai	瓦
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	瓦, 火
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	瓦
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	瓦
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	瓦
	Móng Cái	瓦
	Mandalay (Taishan)	度
Hakka	Meixian	𡆇
Southern Min	Shantou	瓦
Wu	Hangzhou	支光
	Ningbo	支光