驅動

See also: 驱动

Chinese

		to expel; to urge on; to drive to expel; to urge on; to drive; to run quickly	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (驅動)		驅	動
simp. (驱动)		驱	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹ dung⁶
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ky¹ dorng⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khu-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyudòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-tung⁴
    • Yale: chyū-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiudonq
    • Palladius: цюйдун (cjujdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi¹ dung⁶
    • Yale: kēui duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ²²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ky¹ dorng⁵ [Phonetic: ky² dorng⁵]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kṳ-dō̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰy⁵³³⁻¹³ tɒŋ¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ky¹ dorng⁵ [Phonetic: ky² dorng⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰy⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ tɒŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: khu-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qu'dong
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khju duwngX

Rime
Character	驅	動
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	豈俱切	徒揔切
Baxter	khju	duwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨo/	/duŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰio/	/duŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰio/	/duŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuə̆/	/dəwŋX/
Li Rong	/kʰio/	/duŋX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭu/	/duŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯u/	/dʱuŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qū	dòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1	dung6

Verb

驅動

1. (literally) to drive; to propel
2. (figuratively) to urge; to spur; to prompt; to drive

Synonyms

• (to urge):

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• 促 (cù)
• 促進 / 促进 (cùjìn)
• 助長 / 助长 (zhùzhǎng)
• 增進 / 增进 (zēngjìn)
• 推動 / 推动 (tuīdòng)
• 推進 / 推进 (tuījìn)
• 驅使 / 驱使 (qūshǐ)

Noun

驅動

1. drive (vehicle wheel); drive mechanism (tape or disk)
2. (computing) short for 驅動程序／驱动程序 (qūdòng chéngxù, “device driver”)

Derived terms

• 四輪驅動 / 四轮驱动 (sìlún qūdòng)
• 驅動力 / 驱动力 (qūdònglì)
• 驅動器 / 驱动器 (qūdòngqì)
• 驅動程序 / 驱动程序 (qūdòng chéngxù)
• 驅動輪 / 驱动轮 (qūdònglún)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (驅動):

• → Japanese: 駆(く)動(どう) (kudō)
• → Korean: 구동(驅動) (gudong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
驅	動
く Hyōgai	どう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

驅(く)動(どう) • (kudō) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 駆動

Korean

Hanja in this term
驅	動

Noun

驅動 • (gudong) (hangeul 구동)

1. hanja form^? of 구동