流行性

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Chinese

prevalent; widespread; popular
prevalent; widespread; popular; in vogue; fashionable
 
 sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (流行性) 流行 性
simp. #(流行性) 流行 性

Pronunciation

Noun

流行性

  1. epidemicity
    流行性腦膜炎／流行性脑膜炎  ―  liúxíngxìng nǎomóyán  ―  epidemic meningitis

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
流 行 性
りゅう
Grade: 3 		こう
Grade: 2 		せい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

流(りゅう)行(こう)性(せい) • (ryūkōsei) 

  1. epidemic nature (being highly contagious)

Usage notes

This term nearly always occurs in compounds, specifically names of epidemic diseases such as 流行性感冒 (“influenza”). The term for an epidemic, or an outbreak of highly contagious disease, is 流行病.

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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