螺旋

Chinese

		aquatic snail	lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve
simp. and trad. (螺旋)		螺	旋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luóxuán

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴ syun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): lô-soân / lêr-soân / lê-chn̄g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: luóxuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoshyuan
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lo⁴ syun⁴
  - Yale: lòh syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ syn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ xun⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ ʃyːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-soân
  - Tâi-lô: lô-suân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loisoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² suan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² suan¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêr-soân
  - Tâi-lô: lêr-suân
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lə²⁴⁻²² suan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê-chn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: lê-tsn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lezng
  - IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³⁻³³ t͡sŋ̍³³/

Noun

螺旋

helix; spiral
(mechanics) screw

Derived terms

螺旋推進機／螺旋推进机
螺旋槳／螺旋桨 (luóxuánjiǎng)
螺旋狀／螺旋状

螺旋菌
螺旋體／螺旋体
雙螺旋／双螺旋 (shuāngluóxuán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
螺	旋
ら Jinmeiyō	せん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Sinitic. Date of borrowing unknown. Compare modern Mandarin 螺旋 (luóxuán).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) らせん [ràséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɾa̠sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

螺旋 (hiragana らせん, rōmaji rasen)

a helix, a spiral
a screw

Derived terms

螺 (ら)旋 (せん)階 (かい)段 (だん) (rasen kaidan): a spiral staircase
螺 (ら)旋 (せん)形 (けい) (rasenkei): a helix or spiral shape
螺 (ら)旋 (せん)状 (じょう) (rasenjō): a helix or spiral shape
螺 (ら)旋 (せん)状 (じょう)菌 (きん) (rasenjō kin): a spirillum (a spiral-shaped bacterium)
螺 (ら)旋 (せん)推 (すい)進 (しん)機 (き) (rasen suishinki): a screw (as for a ship or boat; obsolete, replaced by propellers)
螺 (ら)旋 (せん)水 (みず)揚 (あげ)機 (き) (rasen mizu-age ki): an Archimedes screw, a screw-shaped water pump

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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