癲癇

癲癇

See also: 癫痫

Chinese

		convulsions; crazy	epilepsy; insanity
trad. (癲癇)		癲	癇
simp. (癫痫)		癫	痫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diānxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ haan⁴, din¹ gaan²
• Min Nan (POJ): tian-hân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: diānxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianshyan
    • IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: din¹ haan⁴, din¹ gaan²
    • Yale: dīn hàahn, dīn gáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ haan⁴, din¹ gaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: din¹ han⁴, din¹ gan²
    • IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵ häːn²¹/, /tiːn⁵⁵ käːn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian-hân
    • Tâi-lô: tian-hân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dienhaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² han²⁴/

Noun

癲癇

1. (medicine) (～病, ～症) epilepsy

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 癲癇 (“epilepsy”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		癲癇
Mandarin	Beijing	羊癲瘋, 羊角風
Cantonese	Guangzhou	羊吊
Min Nan	Xiamen	羊眩
	Quanzhou	羊眩
	Zhangzhou	羊眩, 羊母眩
	Taipei	羊眩
	Kaohsiung	羊眩
	Tainan	羊眩
	Taichung	羊眩
	Hsinchu	羊眩
	Lukang	羊眩
	Sanxia	羊眩
	Yilan	羊眩
	Magong	羊眩
	Penang	羊眩
	Philippines (Manila)	羊眩

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
癲	癇
てん Hyōgaiji	かん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 癲癇

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) てんか​ん [tèńkáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
  • (Tokyo) てんかん [tèńkáń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

癲癇 (hiragana てんかん, rōmaji tenkan)

1. (pathology) epilepsy

Usage notes

• This term is often spelled in hiragana, as てんかん, due to the complexity of the kanji.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN