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發條

發條

See also: 发条

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article
trad. (發條)		發	條
simp. (发条)		发	条

Noun

發條

spring, coil spring (used to power clockwork)
上發條 / 上发条 ― shàng fātiáo ― to wind up the spring

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fātiáo

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚㄊㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ tiu⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hoat-tiâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fātiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚㄊㄧㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fatyau
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: fātiáor
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚㄊㄧㄠˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fatyaul
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠⁵⁵ tʰjaʊɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ tiu⁴
  - Yale: faat tìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ tiu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːt̚³ tʰiːu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-tiâu
  - Tâi-lô: huat-tiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoatdiaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tiaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ tiaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tiaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tiaʊ²³/