肺炎

肺炎

Chinese

		lung	flame; inflammation; ‑itis
simp. and trad. (肺炎)		肺	炎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèiyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ jim⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi-yàm / hi-yàm
• Min Nan (POJ): hì-iām / hùi-iām
• Wu (Wiktionary): fi hhi (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: fèiyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feyyan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèiyán
    • IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯˥˩ jɛn˧˥/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ jim⁴
    • Yale: fai yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ jim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ yim⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯˧ jiːm˨˩/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-yàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi iamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴ yam²
    • IPA: /fi˥ i̯am˩/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-yàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi (r)iamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ yam²
    • IPA: /hi˥ (j)i̯am˩/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-iām / hùi-iām
    • Tâi-lô: hì-iām / huì-iām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hie'iam, huie'iam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi˨˩꜒꜔ iam˨˨/, /hui˨˩꜒꜔ iam˨˨/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi˦˩꜒꜒꜓ iam˦˩/, /hui˦˩꜒꜒꜓ iam˦˩/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi˨˩꜒꜔ iam˨˨/, /hui˨˩꜒꜔ iam˨˨/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi˩˩꜒꜔ iam˧˧/, /hui˩˩꜒꜔ iam˧˧/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi˨˩꜓꜖ iam˧˧/, /hui˨˩꜓꜖ iam˧˧/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: fi hhi (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /fi˧ ɦi˦/

Noun

肺炎

1. (medicine) pneumonia

Derived terms

非典型肺炎 (fēidiǎnxíng fèiyán)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
肺	炎
はい Grade: 6	えん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

肺 (hai, “lung”) +‎ 炎 (-en, “-itis”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) はいえん [hàíéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠iẽ̞ɴ]
• Homophones: 排煙, 廃園

Noun

肺炎 (hiragana はいえん, rōmaji haien)

1. (medicine) pneumonia

References

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
肺	炎

Noun

肺炎 • (pyeryeom) (hangeul 폐렴)

1. Hanja form^? of 폐렴 (“pneumonia”).