愛之病

愛之病

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	's; him/her/it; this	ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
trad. (愛之病)		愛	之	病
simp. (爱之病)		爱	之	病
Literally: “disease of love”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English AIDS + 病 (bìng, “disease”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àizhībìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: àizhībìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayjybinq
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ piŋ⁵¹/

Noun

愛之病

1. (Singapore) AIDS

Synonyms

• 愛滋病／爱滋病 (àizībìng)