# 電光
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): diànguāng
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄤ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дянгуон (di͡anguon, III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): din$^6$ gwong$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thien-kông
    (Hailu, HRS): tien$^˖$ gong$^ˋ$
* Northern Min (KCR): dīng-guáng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng$^5$ gung$^1$ / deng$^5$ gorng$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-kong / tiān-kng
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$di-kuaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diànguāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: diànguang
*** Wade–Giles: tien$^4$-kuang$^1$
*** Yale: dyàn-gwāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannguang
*** Palladius: дяньгуан (djanʹguan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дянгуон (di͡anguon, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiæ̃⁴⁴ kuɑŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: din$^6$ gwong$^1$
*** Yale: dihn gwōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: din$^6$ gwong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: din$^6$ guong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːn²² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-kông
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien gong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tian$^4$ gong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ koŋ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien$^˖$ gong$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰien³³ koŋ⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dīng-guáng
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ⁵⁵ kuaŋ⁵⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: deng$^5$ gung$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dēng-gng
*** Sinological IPA : /tɛŋ²¹ kuŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: deng$^5$ gorng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɛŋ²¹ kɒŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-kong
*** Tâi-lô: tiān-kong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diexnkofng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-kng
*** Tâi-lô: tiān-kng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diexnk'ngf
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ kŋ̍⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$di-kuaon
*** MiniDict: di$^去$ kuaon
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$di-kuaan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

### Noun

電光
* flash of lightning
* electric light
* lustre on fabric processed by a Schreiner calender machine
* (dated or Northern Min) (electric) light; lamp (Classifier: 盞／盏 m)
* (dated or Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, physics) X-ray

#### Synonyms

* (flash of lightning): (archaic) 電影／电影 (diànyǐng)
* (electric light): 燈光／灯光 (dēngguāng); (Northern Min) 電光火／电光火
* (lamp): 電燈／电灯 (diàndēng); (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) 電火／电火; (Northern Min) 電光火／电光火
* (X-ray):
* X光
* X射線 / X射线
* 倫琴射線 / 伦琴射线 (Lúnqín shèxiàn)
* 愛克司光 / 爱克司光 (àikèsī guāng)
* 愛克斯光 / 爱克斯光 (àikèsī guāng)
* 愛克斯射線 / 爱克斯射线 (àikèsī shèxiàn)
* 艾克司光
* 艾克斯光
* 艾克斯射線 / 艾克斯射线
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 愛克斯射線, X射線, 愛克斯線, X線, 愛克斯光, X光, 倫琴射線 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | X光 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | X光 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | рентген, 光線 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | X光 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | X光 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 電光, 光線 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 電光, 光線 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 電光, 光線 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 電光 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 電光 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 電光 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | X光 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 電光 |

#### Derived terms

* 照電光 / 照电光
* 電光影 / 电光影
* 電光杉 / 电光杉
* 電光機 / 电光机
* 電光泡 / 电光泡
* 電光炮 / 电光炮
* 電光燈 / 电光灯
* 電光片 / 电光片
* 電光石火 / 电光石火 (diànguāng shíhuǒ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 電光(でんこう) (denkō)
* → Korean: 전광(電光) (jeon'gwang)
* → Vietnamese: điện quang (電光)

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “电光”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 142.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 電 | 光 |
| でん Grade: 2 | こう Grade: 2 |
| goon | on'yomi |

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) でんこー [dèńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [dẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

### Noun

電(でん)光(こう) • (denkō)
* flash of lightning
* electric light

#### Derived terms

* 電(でん)光(こう)掲(けい)示(じ)板(ばん) (denkō keijiban)
* 電(でん)光(こう)石(せっ)火(か) (denkō sekka)
* 電(でん)光(こう)朝(ちょう)露(ろ) (denkō chōro)
* 電(でん)光(こう)ニュース (denkō nyūsu)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 電 | 光 |

### Noun

電光 • (jeon'gwang) (hangeul 전광)
* hanja form of 전광 (“flash of lightning; electric light”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 電 | 光 |

### Noun

電光
* chữ Hán form of điện quang (“electric light”).