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Chinese
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English engine. First entered Chinese through Shanghainese. Entered Taiwanese Hakka and Hokkien via Japanese エンジン (enjin).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jan5 king4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ên-chín
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ín-kèng / ín-kêng / iăn-jín / iân-jín / ian-jín / ĕn-jín
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6yin-jin6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnqíng
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǐncíng
- Wade–Giles: yin3-chʻing2
- Yale: yǐn-chíng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinchyng
- Palladius: иньцин (inʹcin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
- Homophones:
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan5 king4
- Yale: yáhn kìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan5 king4
- Guangdong Romanization: yen5 king4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn¹³ kʰɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ên-chín
- Hakka Romanization System: enˊ jinˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: en1 jin3
- Sinological IPA: /en²⁴ t͡sin³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-kèng
- Tâi-lô: ín-kìng
- Phofsit Daibuun: ynkexng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-kêng
- Tâi-lô: ín-kîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: ynkeeng
- IPA (Xiamen): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-jín
- Tâi-lô: iân-jín
- Phofsit Daibuun: ienjien
- IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ d͡zin⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ zin⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-jín
- Tâi-lô: ian-jín
- Phofsit Daibuun: ienjien
- IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡zin⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Note: iăn-jín/iân-jín/ĕn-jín/ian-jín - directly borrowed from Japanese.
Noun
引擎
- engine (mechanical device or part of a car)
- 引擎故障 ― yǐnqíng gùzhàng ― engine failure
-
- 引擎聲聲聲再會啦 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- iăn-jín siaⁿ siaⁿ-siaⁿ chài-hōe--lah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- With each roar of the engine, we part ways
引擎声声声再会啦 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
- (computing) engine (software or hardware system responsible for a specific task)
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, Southern Sixian and Zhao'an Hakka) motorcycle (Classifier: 臺／台 h)
- 2004, “古錐仔 [Old Davie]”, in 鍾永豐 [Zhong Yong-feng] (lyrics), 林生祥 [Lin Sheng Xiang] (music), 臨暗 [Getting Dark], performed by 生祥與瓦窯坑3 [Sheng Xiang & Water 3]:
- 適彼暗晡下班，騎著五十引擎。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
- Ke-pî-am-pû hâ-pân, khì-nún ńg-sṳ̍p ên-chín. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
- After getting off work that night, [you] rode a 50[cc] motorcycle.
适彼暗晡下班，骑着五十引擎。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
- 2014, 黃瑋傑 [Huang Wei Jie], “二月个下晝”, in 天光。日, performed by 黃瑋傑 [Huang Wei Jie]:
- 2019, 李秉璋, “莊下賁賁个人情味”, in 教育部電子報, number 863:
- 這即係𠊎高中出業後第一回自家騎引擎去同學屋下个經驗。 [Zhao'an Hakka, trad.]
- liˊ cidˋ he ngaiˋ gooˇ zhungˇ chidˊ ngiabˋ heu ti rhidˊ fueˋ ziˇ gaˇ kiˋ enˊ rhinˋ kui^ tungˋ hoo bbuˊ haˇ e genˇ ngiam. [Taiwanese Hakka Romanization System]
- This was my first experience of riding a motorcycle by myself to my classmate's house after graduating senior high school.
这即系𠊎高中出业后第一回自家骑引擎去同学屋下个经验。 [Zhao'an Hakka, simp.]
- 2021, 李彥鋒 [Yanfeng Li], “細人仔”, performed by 李彥鋒 [Yanfeng Li]:
- 阿爸騎引擎 從田坵轉來 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
- â-pâ khì ên-chín, chhiùng thièn-khiû chón-lòi [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
- Dad rides a motorcycle, coming back from the field
阿爸骑引擎 从田坵转来 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
Synonyms
- (engine):
- (motorcycle):
Derived terms
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