沉痾

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Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	malady
trad. (沉痾/沉疴)		沉	痾/疴
simp. (沉疴)		沉	疴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénkē, chén'ē

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄎㄜ, ㄔㄣˊ ㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ o¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chénkē
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄎㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chénke
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên²-kʻo¹
  - Yale: chén-kē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernke
  - Palladius: чэнькэ (čɛnʹkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chén'ē
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chén-e
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên²-o¹
  - Yale: chén-ē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherne
  - Palladius: чэньэ (čɛnʹe)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ˀɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cam⁴ o¹
  - Yale: chàhm ō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ o¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ o¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ ɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

沉痾

(literary) disease that has been treated for a long time but remains not cured

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (沉痾):

→ Japanese: 沈痾(ちんあ) (chin'a)

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