窒扶斯

窒扶斯

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (窒扶斯)		窒	扶	斯

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 窒扶斯 (chifusu, “typhus”), from German Typhus.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìfúsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄙ

• Min Nan (POJ): chek-hû-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhìfúsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄙ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhfwusy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ fu³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-hû-su
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-hû-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekhusw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hu²⁴⁻²² su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ hu¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu²³⁻³³ su⁴⁴/

Noun

窒扶斯

1. (medicine, dated) typhus; typhoid fever

Synonyms

• 傷寒／伤寒 (shānghán)

Derived terms

腸窒扶斯／肠窒扶斯

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
窒	扶	斯
ち Grade: S	ふ Grade: S	す Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Etymology

For pronunciation and definitions of 窒扶斯 – see チフス. (This term, 窒扶斯, is a kanji spelling of チフス.)