流行病
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Chinese
ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (流行病) | 流行 | 病 | |
| simp. #(流行病) | 流行 | 病 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lau4 hang4 beng6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû-hêng-pīⁿ / liû-hêng-pēⁿ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lióusíngbìng
- Wade–Giles: liu2-hsing2-ping4
- Yale: lyóu-syíng-bìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushyngbinq
- Palladius: люсинбин (ljusinbin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ piŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lau4 hang4 beng6
- Yale: làuh hàhng behng
- Cantonese Pinyin: lau4 hang4 beng6
- Guangdong Romanization: leo4 heng4 béng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɐu̯²¹ hɐŋ²¹ pɛːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-hêng-pīⁿ
- Tâi-lô: liû-hîng-pīnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: liu'hengpvi
- IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² pĩ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pĩ³³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² pĩ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-hêng-pēⁿ
- Tâi-lô: liû-hîng-pēnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: liu'hengpve
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² pɛ̃²²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ pẽ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
Noun
流行病
- (medicine) epidemic; widespread disease
- 地方性流行病 ― dìfāngxìng liúxíngbìng ― endemic disease
- (figurative) prevalent social evil
Synonyms
- (epidemic): (Classical Chinese, dialectal) 時氣／时气 (shíqì), (literary) 時疫／时疫 (shíyì)
- (prevalent social evil): 弊病 (bìbìng)
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 流 | 行 | 病 |
| りゅう Grade: 3 |
こう Grade: 2 |
びょう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | ||
Noun
- an epidemic
Synonyms
- 疫病 (ekibyō)
Etymology 2
Noun
流行病 • (hayariyamai)
- a sudden outbreak of contagious disease
References
- Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN