愛滋病
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See also: 爱滋病
Chinese
| caused by love; AIDS | ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (愛滋病) | 愛滋 | 病 | |
| simp. (爱滋病) | 爱滋 | 病 | |
| Literally: “love-borne disease”. | |||
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English AIDS + 病 (bìng, “disease”).
This is the original translation of “AIDS”. In Mainland China, AIDS has been renamed to 艾滋病 and the use of this term is discouraged, due to its allegedly incorrect and potentially discriminatory connotation of “HIV/AIDS being transmitted by sexual contact (only)”.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): oi3 zi1 beng6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): oi-chṳ̂-phiang
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): ài-chu-pīⁿ / ài-chir-pīⁿ / ài-chu-pēⁿ / ài-chu-pēng
- (Teochew, Peng'im): ain3 ze1 bên7
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄗ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: àizihbìng
- Wade–Giles: ai4-tzŭ1-ping4
- Yale: ài-dz̄-bìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aytzybinq
- Palladius: айцзыбин (ajczybin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ piŋ⁵¹/
- Homophones:
愛滋病／爱滋病
艾滋病
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: oi3 zi1 beng6
- Yale: oi jī behng
- Cantonese Pinyin: oi3 dzi1 beng6
- Guangdong Romanization: oi3 ji1 béng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɔːi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɛːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: oi-chṳ̂-phiang
- Hakka Romanization System: oi ziiˊ piang
- Hagfa Pinyim: oi4 zi1 piang4
- Sinological IPA: /oi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-chu-pīⁿ
- Tâi-lô: ài-tsu-pīnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: aezu'pvi
- IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² pĩ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ pĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-chir-pīⁿ
- Tâi-lô: ài-tsir-pīnn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ³³ pĩ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-chu-pēⁿ
- Tâi-lô: ài-tsu-pēnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: aezu'pve
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ pẽ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² pɛ̃²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-chu-pēng
- Tâi-lô: ài-tsu-pīng
- Phofsit Daibuun: aezu'peng
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ain3 ze1 bên7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àiⁿ tsṳ pēⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ pẽ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
Noun
愛滋病
- (chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia except Singapore) AIDS
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 艾滋病 (“AIDS”)