流行性

Chinese

		prevalent; widespread; endemic	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (流行性)		流行	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúxíngxìng
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ hang⁴ sing³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liúxíngxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushyngshinq
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ hang⁴ sing³
  - Yale: làuh hàhng sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ hang⁴ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ heng⁴ xing³
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ hɐŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/

Adjective

流行性

epidemic

Derived terms

流行性感冒 (liúxíngxìng gǎnmào)

流行性腦膜炎／流行性脑膜炎 (liúxíngxìng nǎomóyán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
流	行	性
りゅう Grade: 3	こう Grade: 2	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

流行性 (hiragana りゅうこうせい, rōmaji ryūkōsei)

epidemic nature (being highly contagious)

Usage notes

This term nearly always occurs in compounds, specifically names of epidemic diseases such as 流行性感冒 (“influenza”). The term for an epidemic, or an outbreak of highly contagious disease, is 流行病.

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.