雷電

See also: 雷电

Chinese

		thunder	electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (雷電)		雷	電
simp. (雷电)		雷	电
alternative forms		靁電／靁电

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léidiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ din⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùi-thien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi-tiān
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶le-di

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léidiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léidiàn
    • Wade–Giles: lei²-tien⁴
    • Yale: léi-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leidiann
    • Palladius: лэйдянь (lɛjdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ din⁶
    • Yale: lèuih dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ tiːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùi-thien
    • Hakka Romanization System: lui^ˇ tien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lui² tian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹ tʰi̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-tiān
    • Tâi-lô: luî-tiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lui'dien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴⁻²² tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³⁻³³ tiɛn³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶le-di
    • MiniDict: le^去 di
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-di
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² di⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lwoj denH

Rime
Character	雷	電
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	魯回切	堂練切
Baxter	lwoj	denH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luʌi/	/denH/
Pan Wuyun	/luoi/	/denH/
Shao Rongfen	/luɒi/	/dɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwəj/	/dɛnH/
Li Rong	/luᴀi/	/denH/
Wang Li	/luɒi/	/dienH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luɑ̆i/	/dʱienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	léi	diàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi4	din6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.rˤuj  lˤi[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːl  l'iːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雷	電
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	léi	diàn
Middle Chinese	‹ lwoj ›	‹ denH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.rˁuj/	/*lˁi[n]-s/
English	thunder	lightning
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雷	電
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7707	11233
Phonetic component	畾	申
Rime group	微	眞
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	雷	電
Old Chinese	/*ruːl/	/*l'iːns/

Noun

雷電

1. thunder and/or lightning

Derived terms

• 疾如雷電／疾如雷电
• 雷電交加／雷电交加 (léidiànjiāojiā)
• 雷電法王／雷电法王 (Léidiàn Fǎwáng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雷電):

• → Japanese: 雷電(らいでん) (raiden)
• → Korean: 뇌전(雷電) (noejeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷	電
らい Grade: S	でん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

雷(らい)電(でん) • (raiden) 

1. thunder and lightning
2. thunder
3. lightning

See also

• 金剛(こんごう) (kongō): diamond; thunderbolt
• 稲妻(いなずま) (inazuma): lightning bolt
• 落雷(らくらい) (rakurai): thunderbolt; lightning strike
• 雷鳴(らいめい) (raimei): thunder; thunderclap; peal of thunder