# 電線
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): diànxiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): din$^6$ sin$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): en$^5$ lhen$^{1*}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thien-sien
    (Hailu, HRS): tien$^˖$ sien$^ˇ$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng$^5$ syo$^4$ / deng$^5$ syaⁿ$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-sòaⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): diêng$^6$ suan$^3$ / diang$^6$ suan$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$di-shi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diànxiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: diànsiàn
*** Wade–Giles: tien$^4$-hsien$^4$
*** Yale: dyàn-syàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannshiann
*** Palladius: дяньсянь (djanʹsjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: din$^6$ sin$^3$
*** Yale: dihn sin
*** Cantonese Pinyin: din$^6$ sin$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: din$^6$ xin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːn²² siːn³³/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$電扇 / 电扇 電線 / 电线
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: en$^5$ lhen$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /en³² ɬen³³⁻³³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-sien
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien xien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tian$^4$ xian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ si̯en⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien$^˖$ sien$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰien³³ sien¹¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: deng$^5$ syo$^4$ [Phonetic: deng$^1$ nyo$^4$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dēng-sio̤̍ⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /tɛŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵ $^{(ɬ-)}$nyɒ⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: deng$^5$ syaⁿ$^4$ [Phonetic: deng$^1$ nya$^4$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tɛŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵ $^{(ɬ-)}$nya⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-sòaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tiān-suànn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diexnsvoax
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ suã²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² suã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ suã²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ suã²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: diêng$^6$ suan$^3$ / diang$^6$ suan$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiĕng suàⁿ / tiăng suàⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /tieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ sũã²¹³/, /tiaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ sũã²¹³/
* diêng6 suan3 - Chaozhou;
* diang6 suan3 - Shantou.

### Noun

電線
* (countable) electrical wire (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 m c mn)
* (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (obsolete) telegram

#### Synonyms

* (electrical wire):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 電線 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 電線 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 電線 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 電線 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 電線 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 電線 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 電線 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 電索 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 電線 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 電線 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 電線 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 電線 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 電線 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 電線 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 電光線 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 電光線 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 電線 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 電線 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 電線 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 電線 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 電線 GT, 電火線 GT |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 電線 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 電線 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 電線 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 電線 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 電線 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 電線 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 電線 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 電線 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 電火線 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 電線 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Derived terms

* 電線杆 / 电线杆 (diànxiàngān)
* 電線杆子 / 电线杆子 (diànxiàn gānzi)
* 電線柱 / 电线柱
* 電線桿 / 电线杆 (diànxiàngǎn)
* 電線楯 / 电线楯

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 電 | 線 |
| でん Grade: 2 | せん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) でんせん [dèńséń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [dẽ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

### Noun

電(でん)線(せん) • (densen)
* electrical wire

### References

* ↑ 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 | 線 |

### Noun

電線 • (jeonseon) (hangeul 전선)
* hanja form of 전선