# 電球
## Chinese
### Etymology

From Japanese 電(でん)球(きゅう) (denkyū).

### Pronunciation

* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thien-khiù
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-kiû
* Hakka
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-khiù
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien kiu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tian$^4$ kiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ kʰi̯u¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-kiû
*** Tâi-lô: tiān-kiû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diexnkiuu
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ kiu²³/

### Noun

電球
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) light bulb

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 電燈泡, 燈泡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 電燈泡兒, 燈泡兒, 燈泡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 電燈泡, 燈泡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 燈泡兒, 泡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 電燈泡, 燈泡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 燈泡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 泡子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 燈泡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 電燈泡兒, 電燈泡子, 泡子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 電燈泡子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 泡子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 泡子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 泡子, 電燈泡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 電燈膽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 燈泡子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 電燈膽, 燈膽, 燈泡 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 電燈膽, 燈膽 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 電膽, 燈膽, 燈泡 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 電燈膽, 燈膽 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 電燈膽 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 燈泡子, 泡子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 燈泡 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 燈泡子, 泡子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 電燈膽, 燈膽 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 電燈膽 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 燈泡子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 電球仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鴨胲仔, 電球 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 電球 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 電火珠, 電球 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 電球 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 電火球 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 電燈泡, 燈泡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 泡子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 電光泡, 燈泡, 泡仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 電光泡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 電珠, 電葩 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 電珠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 電葩 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 電火球仔, 電火探仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 電火珠仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 電珠仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 電球仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 電火球仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 電火泡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 電火球仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 電球 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 電球 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 電珠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 電珠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 燈膽, 燈泡 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 電膽, 電燈泡, 電泡 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 燈膽 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 電燈膽, 燈膽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 電燈泡 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 電燈泡 |
| Wu | Danyang | 燈泡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 電燈泡 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 電燈泡, 燈泡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 泡子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 泡子 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 電 | 球 |
| でん Grade: 2 | きゅう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) でんきゅう [dèńkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [dẽ̞ŋʲkʲɨː]

### Noun

電(でん)球(きゅう) • (denkyū)
* incandescent light bulb

#### Synonyms

* 白熱電球(はくねつでんきゅう) (hakunetsu denkyū)

#### Hyponyms

* 豆電球(まめでんきゅう) (mamedenkyū, “miniature bulb”)

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 電 | 球 |

### Noun

電球 • (jeon'gu) (hangeul 전구)
* hanja form of 전구 (“light bulb”)