波長

See also: 波长

Chinese

	wave; (Cantonese) ball	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (波長)	波	長
simp. (波长)	波	长
anagram	長波／长波

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bōcháng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ coeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pô-chhòng
Eastern Min (BUC): pŏ̤-diòng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pho-tn̂g / po-tn̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo¹ ciang⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pu-zan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bōcháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bocháng
  - Wade–Giles: po¹-chʻang²
  - Yale: bwō-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bocharng
  - Palladius: бочан (bočan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bo¹ coeng⁴
  - Yale: bō chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pô-chhòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˊ cong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo¹ cong²
  - Sinological IPA: /po²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pŏ̤-diòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰo⁵⁵ ^(t-)luoŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: pho-tn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoi'dngg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰo³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: po-tn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poi'dngg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo¹ ciang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: po tshiâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹pu-zan
  - MiniDict: pu^平 zan
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pu-zan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pu⁵⁵ zã²¹/

Noun

波長

(physics) wavelength

Japanese

Kanji in this term
波	長
は Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

波 (ha, “wave”) +‎ 長 (chō, “length”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はちょー [hàchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

波(は)長(ちょう) • (hachō)

(physics) wavelength
- 1928, 宮本百合子, シナーニ書店のベンチ:
  特(とく)定(てい)の波(は)長(ちょう)に対(たい)しては特(とく)定(てい)の検(けん)波(ぱ)器(き)がある。
  Tokutei no hachō ni taishite wa tokutei no kenpaki ga aru.
  There are certain wave gauges for given wavelengths.

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
波	長

Noun

波長 • (pajang or McCune-Reischauer: p'ajang or Yale: phacang) (hangeul 파장)

hanja form^? of 파장 (“wavelength”)

[NHK-1] 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

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