流感

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Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
trad. (流感)		流	感
simp. ^#(流感)		流	感

Etymology

Short for 流行性感冒 (liúxíngxìng gǎnmào).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúgǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ gam²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liû-kám

(Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵ gam²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liúgǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lióugǎn
  - Wade–Giles: liu²-kan³
  - Yale: lyóu-gǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liougaan
  - Palladius: люгань (ljuganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ gam²
  - Yale: làuh gám
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ gam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ gem²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ kɐm³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-kám
  - Tâi-lô: liû-kám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liu'karm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² kam⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² kam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² kam⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ kam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ kam⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liu⁵ gam²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû kám
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kam⁵²/

Noun

流感

(pathology) flu; influenza

Derived terms

Q型流感 (kiūxíng liúgǎn)
流感疫苗 (liúgǎn yìmiáo)
禽流感 (qínliúgǎn)
西班牙流感 (Xībānyá liúgǎn)
豬流感／猪流感 (zhūliúgǎn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
流	感
りゅう Grade: 3	かん Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りゅうかん (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

流(りゅう)感(かん) • (ryūkan) ^{←りうかん (riukan)^?}

Short for 流行性感冒 (ryūkōsei kanbō, “influenza”).

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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