雷射

Chinese

		thunder	radio- (chem.); shoot
trad. (雷射)		雷	射
simp. #(雷射)		雷	射
alternative forms		鐳射／镭射
Literally: “thunder ray”.

Semi-conductor Lasers 半導體雷射

Semi-conductor Lasers 半導體雷射

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English laser.

Compare 雷達／雷达 (léidá, “radar”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léishè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ se⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lùi-sa

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lui² sa⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi-siā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léishè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léishè
    • Wade–Giles: lei²-shê⁴
    • Yale: léi-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leisheh
    • Palladius: лэйшэ (lɛjšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 鐳射／镭射 雷射

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ se⁶
    • Yale: lèuih seh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ se⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ sé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ sɛː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 鐳射／镭射 雷射

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùi-sa
    • Hakka Romanization System: luiˇ sa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lui² sa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹ sa⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lui² sa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /luɪ¹¹ sa⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-siā
    • Tâi-lô: luî-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luisia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴⁻²² sia²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² sia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² sia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴⁻¹¹ sia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³⁻³³ sia³³/

Noun

雷射

1. (chiefly Taiwan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia) laser

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 激光 (“laser”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		激光 Mainland China, Hong Kong, 雷射 Taiwan, Hong Kong, 萊塞 dated in Mainland China
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	雷射
Mandarin	Singapore	雷射
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雷射, 激光
	Hong Kong	雷射, 激光, laser
Hakka	Meixian	雷射
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	雷射
Southern Min	Xiamen	激光
	Quanzhou	激光
	Zhangzhou	激光
	Tainan	雷射
	Shantou	激光
Wu	Shanghai	激光
Note	雷射 is also written 鐳射.