痙攣

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See also: 𫞬挛 and 痉挛

Chinese

spasm
 
twisted; bent; crooked
twisted; bent; crooked; cramped
trad. (痙攣) 痙 攣
simp. (痉挛) 痉 挛
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Pronunciation

Note: Often mispronounced as jīngluán.

Verb

痙攣

  1. (medicine) to spasm; to have sudden involuntary muscular contractions
    得破傷風的人會痙攣。 [MSC, trad.]
    得破伤风的人会痉挛。 [MSC, simp.]
    Dé pòshāngfēng de rén huì jìngluán.
    People who contract tetanus will spasm.

Derived terms

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
痙 攣
けい
Hyōgaiji 		れん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
𫞬挛 (extended shinjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

痙(けい)攣(れん) • (keiren) 

  1. convulsion, spasm, cramp, twitching

Verb

痙(けい)攣(れん)する • (keiren suru) suru (stem 痙(けい)攣(れん)し (keiren shi), past 痙(けい)攣(れん)した (keiren shita))

  1. convulse, spasm, cramp, twitch

Conjugation

Conjugation of "痙攣する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 痙攣し けいれんし keiren shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 痙攣し けいれんし keiren shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 痙攣する けいれんする keiren suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 痙攣する けいれんする keiren suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 痙攣すれ けいれんすれ keiren sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 痙攣せよ¹
痙攣しろ² 		けいれんせよ¹
けいれんしろ² 		keiren seyo¹
keiren shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 痙攣される けいれんされる keiren sareru
Causative 痙攣させる
痙攣さす 		けいれんさせる
けいれんさす 		keiren saseru
keiren sasu
Potential 痙攣できる けいれんできる keiren dekiru
Volitional 痙攣しよう けいれんしよう keiren shiyō
Negative 痙攣しない けいれんしない keiren shinai
Negative continuative 痙攣せず けいれんせず keiren sezu
Formal 痙攣します けいれんします keiren shimasu
Perfective 痙攣した けいれんした keiren shita
Conjunctive 痙攣して けいれんして keiren shite
Hypothetical conditional 痙攣すれば けいれんすれば keiren sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
痙攣

Noun

痙攣 • (gyeongnyeon) (hangeul 경련)

  1. Hanja form? of 경련 (“convulsion, spasm”).
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