航空母艦

See also: 航空母舰

Chinese

		aviation; to fly in the air; to navigate by air	mother ship
trad. (航空母艦)		航空	母艦
simp. (航空母舰)		航空	母舰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hángkōng mǔjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ hung¹ mou⁵ laam⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hángkōng mǔjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hángkong mǔjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hang²-kʻung¹ mu³-chien⁴
    • Yale: háng-kūng mǔ-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harngkong muujiann
    • Palladius: ханкун муцзянь (xankun muczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hong⁴ hung¹ mou⁵ laam⁶
    • Yale: hòhng hūng móuh laahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ hung¹ mou⁵ laam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ hung¹ mou⁵ lam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯¹³ laːm²²/

Noun

航空母艦

1. aircraft carrier

Alternative forms

• 航艦／航舰 (hángjiàn)
• 航母 (hángmǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
航	空	母	艦
こう Grade: 5	くう Grade: 1	ぼ Grade: 2	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

航(こう)空(くう)母(ぼ)艦(かん)

Etymology

From 航空(こうくう) (kōkū, “aviation”) + 母艦(ぼかん) (bokan, “mother ship”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーくうぼ​かん [kòókúú bóꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkɯ̟ᵝː bo̞kã̠ɴ]

Noun

航(こう)空(くう)母(ぼ)艦(かん) • (kōkū bokan) ^{←かうくうぼかん (kaukuubokan)?}

1. an aircraft carrier

Descendants

• → Chinese: 航空母艦／航空母舰 (hángkōng mǔjiàn)
• → Korean: 항공모함(航空母艦) (hanggongmoham)
• → Vietnamese: hàng không mẫu hạm

See also

• 空(くう)母(ぼ) (kūbo)
• 航(こう)母(ぼ) (kōbo)

References

• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
航	空	母	艦

Noun

航空母艦 • (hanggongmoham) (hangeul 항공모함)

1. Hanja form^? of 항공모함 (“aircraft carrier”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
航	空	母	艦

Noun

航空母艦

1. chữ Hán form of hàng không mẫu hạm (“aircraft carrier”).