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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
肺炎
- (pathology) pneumonia
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Japanese
Etymology
肺 (hai, “lung”) + 炎 (-en, “-itis”)
Pronunciation
Noun
肺炎 • (haien)
- (pathology) pneumonia
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
肺炎 • (pyeryeom) (hangeul 폐렴)
- hanja form? of 폐렴 (“pneumonia”)