扁桃腺
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Chinese
| almond; flat peach | gland | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (扁桃腺) | 扁桃 | 腺 | |
| simp. #(扁桃腺) | 扁桃 | 腺 | |
Etymology
Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 扁桃腺 (hentōsen) (Liu et al., 1984; Huang, 2020), attested as early as 1902 (Huang, 2020).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bin2 tou4 sin3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): píⁿ-thô-sòaⁿ / hiân-tó͘-sián
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: biǎntáosiàn
- Wade–Giles: pien3-tʻao2-hsien4
- Yale: byǎn-táu-syàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beantaurshiann
- Palladius: бяньтаосянь (bjanʹtaosjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bin2 tou4 sin3
- Yale: bín tòuh sin
- Cantonese Pinyin: bin2 tou4 sin3
- Guangdong Romanization: bin2 tou4 xin3
- Sinological IPA (key): /piːn³⁵ tʰou̯²¹ siːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: píⁿ-thô-sòaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: pínn-thô-suànn
- Phofsit Daibuun: pvy'toisvoax
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰo¹³⁻²² suã²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /pĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰo²⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɤ²³⁻³³ suã²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰo²⁴⁻²² suã⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /pĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-tó͘-sián
- Tâi-lô: hiân-tóo-sián
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiendofsiern
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³⁻³³ tɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note: hiân-tó͘-sián - from Japanese.
Noun
扁桃腺
Synonyms
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 扁桃腺, 扁桃體 Mainland China | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 扁桃腺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 扁桃腺 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 扁桃腺 |
| Quanzhou | 扁桃腺 | |
| Zhangzhou | 扁桃腺 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 扁桃腺 |
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 扁 | 桃 | 腺 |
| へん Hyōgai |
とう Grade: S |
せん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
扁桃腺 • (hentōsen) ←へんたうせん (fentausen)?
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 扁桃腺炎 (hentōsen'en): tonsillitis
- 扁桃腺切除 (hentōsen setsujo): tonsillectomy