放電

Chinese

 
to release; to free; to let go
to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (放電) 放 電
simp. (放电) 放 电

Pronunciation


Verb

放電

  1. (physics) to discharge electricity
  2. (figurative, slang) to charm someone; to make eyes at someone; to lure; to entice
  3. (of children) to play outdoors (so as to "release energy")

Derived terms

  • 尖端放電/尖端放电
  • 弧放電/弧放电
  • 放電率/放电率
  • 輝光放電/辉光放电

Japanese

Kanji in this term
放 電
ほう
Grade: 3
でん
Grade: 2
on’yomi goon

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage during the Meiji era, as a compound of Middle Chinese-derived components 放 (hō, “throw, release”) +‎ 電 (den, “electricity”), possibly as a calque of English discharge. First cited to the 電気訳語集 (Denki Yakugo Shū, “Electricity Translation Term Compendium”) of 1893.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほーでん [hòódéń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːdẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

放(ほう)電(でん) • (hōden) ←はうでん (fauden)?

  1. [from 1893] (physics) electrical discharge

Verb

放(ほう)電(でん)する • (hōden suru) ←はうでん (fauden)?suru (stem 放(ほう)電(でん)し (hōden shi), past 放(ほう)電(でん)した (hōden shita))

  1. [from 1893] (physics) to discharge electricity
    • 1999 March 6, “二つの口を持つ闇の支配者(ツーマウス・ダークルーラー) [Two-Mouth Dark Ruler]”, in Starter Box, Konami:
      口(くち)が二(ふた)つある恐(きょう)竜(りゅう)。ツノに蓄(ちく)電(でん)し、背(せ)中(なか)の口(くち)から放(ほう)電(でん)する。
      Kuchi ga futatsu aru kyōryū. Tsuno ni chikuden shi, senaka no kuchi kara hōden suru.
      A two-mouthed dinosaur that discharges out of the mouth on its back the electricity it stores in its horn.

Conjugation

References

  1. “放電”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
放電

Noun

放電 • (bangjeon) (hangeul 방전)

  1. Hanja form? of 방전 (“electrical discharge”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
放電

Verb

放電

  1. chữ Hán form of phóng điện (“to discharge electricity”).
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