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開爾文

開爾文

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (開爾文)		開	爾	文
simp. (开尔文)		开	尔	文

Noun

開爾文

kelvin (a unit of temperature)

Synonyms

開／开 (kāi)

Proper noun

開爾文

Kelvin

Etymology

Borrowing from English Kelvin.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kāi'ěrwén

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄦˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ ji⁵ man⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāi'ěrwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄦˇ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaieelwen
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ ji⁵ man⁴
  - Yale: hōi yíh màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ ji⁵ man⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jiː¹³ mɐn²¹/