電梯

See also: 电梯

Chinese

	electric; electricity; electrical	ladder
trad. (電梯)	電	梯
simp. (电梯)	电	梯
Literally: “electric ladder”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): diàntī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дянти (di͡anti, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ tai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thien-thôi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiān-thui

(Teochew, Peng'im): diêng⁶ tui¹ / diang⁶ tui¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶di-thi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diàntī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diànti
  - Wade–Giles: tien⁴-tʻi¹
  - Yale: dyàn-tī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannti
  - Palladius: дяньти (djanʹti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰi⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дянти (di͡anti, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiæ̃⁴⁴ tʰi²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: din⁶ tai¹
  - Yale: dihn tāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ tai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ tei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-thôi
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien toi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ toi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ tʰoi̯²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-thui
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-thui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diexntuy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tʰui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ tʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ tʰui⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diêng⁶ tui¹ / diang⁶ tui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiĕng thui / tiăng thui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tʰui³³/, /tiaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tʰui³³/

Note:

diêng6 tui1 - Chaozhou;
diang6 tui1 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶di-thi
  - MiniDict: di^去 thi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-thi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² tʰi⁴⁴/

Noun

電梯

elevator; lift (Classifier: 臺／台 m; 部 m c)
坐電梯／坐电梯 ― zuò diàntī ― to take the lift (literally, “to sit in the lift”)

殘疾人電梯／残疾人电梯 ― cánjírén diàntī ― accessible elevator

貴賓電梯／贵宾电梯 ― guìbīn diàntī ― VIP-only elevator

員工電梯／员工电梯 ― yuángōng diàntī ― staff elevator

遇有火災請勿使用電梯。 [MSC, trad.]
遇有火灾请勿使用电梯。 [MSC, simp.]
Yù yǒu huǒzāi qǐng wù shǐyòng diàntī. [Pinyin]
Do not use elevator in case of fire.
escalator (Classifier: 臺／台 m; 部 m c)

Synonyms

(elevator):

Dialectal synonyms of 電梯 (“elevator; lift”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		電梯, 升降機
Mandarin	Taiwan	電梯
	Malaysia	升降機, 電梯
	Singapore	電梯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	電梯, 𨋢, 升降機 dated
	Hong Kong	𨋢, 升降機
	Macau	升降機, 𨋢
	Taishan	升降機
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	𨋢
Hakka	Meixian	升降機
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	電梯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	電梯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	電梯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	電梯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	電梯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	電梯
	Senai (Huiyang)	𨋢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	機器梯
Southern Min	Xiamen	電梯, 溜籠
	Quanzhou	電梯
	Zhangzhou	電梯
	Tainan	電梯, 溜籠
	Penang (Hokkien)	電梯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	電梯, 𨋢
	Manila (Hokkien)	電梯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	電梯, 𨋢
	Singapore (Teochew)	電梯, 𨋢
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	電梯, 𨋢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	升降機
Wu	Shanghai	電梯

(escalator):

Dialectal synonyms of 自動扶梯 (“escalator”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		自動扶梯, 電動扶梯, 電扶梯
Mandarin	Taiwan	自動扶梯, 電動扶梯, 電扶梯, 手扶梯
	Malaysia	電梯
	Singapore	電動扶梯, 電梯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	扶手電梯, 行人電梯, 自動電梯, 電梯, 自動梯, 扶梯
Cantonese	Macau	電梯
Hakka	Kuching (Hepo)	電梯
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	扶手電梯, 電梯, 扶梯

Derived terms

觀光電梯／观光电梯 (guānguāng diàntī)

Descendants

→ Tibetan: གློག་འགུལ་སྐས་འཛེག (glog 'gul skas 'dzeg, “escalator”) (calque)