艾滋病

Chinese

		AIDS; HIV	ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
trad. (艾滋病)		艾滋	病
simp. #(艾滋病)		艾滋	病

Etymology

Adopted in Mainland China as the new translation of "AIDS". See 愛滋病 for more. In some varieties in Mainland China, 艾滋病 is irregularly pronounced as 愛滋病.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àizībìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄗ ㄅㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁶ zi¹ beng⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): ái-cṳ̆-bâng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ài-chu-pīⁿ / ài-chir-pīⁿ / ài-chu-pēⁿ / ài-chu-pēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ain³ ze¹ bên⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àizībìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄗ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àizihbìng
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-tzŭ¹-ping⁴
    • Yale: ài-dz̄-bìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aytzybinq
    • Palladius: айцзыбин (ajczybin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ piŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 愛滋病／爱滋病 艾滋病

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁶ zi¹ beng⁶
    • Yale: ngaaih jī behng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁶ dzi¹ beng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁶ ji¹ béng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵ pɛːŋ²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ái-cṳ̆-bâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai²¹³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(p-)βɑŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-chu-pīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ài-tsu-pīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aezu'pvi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² pĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-chir-pīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ài-tsir-pīnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ³³ pĩ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-chu-pēⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ài-tsu-pēnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aezu'pve
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² pɛ̃²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-chu-pēng
    • Tâi-lô: ài-tsu-pīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aezu'peng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ain³ ze¹ bên⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àiⁿ tsṳ pēⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ pẽ¹¹/

Noun

艾滋病

1. (chiefly Mainland China) AIDS

   我是一個艾滋病感染者。 [MSC, trad.]
   我是一个艾滋病感染者。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ shì yīge àizībìng gǎnrǎnzhě. [Pinyin]

   I am HIV positive.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 艾滋病 (“AIDS”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		艾滋病 †, Mainland China, 愛滋病 †, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, SEA except Singapore, dated in Mainland China, 愛之病 Singapore, 獲得性免疫缺陷綜合徵 Mainland China, 後天免疫缺乏症候群 Taiwan, 獲得性免疫缺陷症候群 Taiwan, 後天免疫力缺乏症 Hong Kong
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	愛滋病 †, 愛滋 †
	Malaysia	愛滋病 †
	Singapore	愛之病
Southwestern Mandarin	Dagudi (Maliba)	愛滋病 †
	Reshuitang (Longling)	愛滋病 †
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	愛滋病 †, โรคเอดส์
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	愛滋病 †
Cantonese	Guangzhou	艾滋病
	Hong Kong	愛滋病, 愛滋
	Macau	愛滋病
	Taishan (Guanghai)	艾滋病
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	愛滋病
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	愛滋病
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	愛滋病
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	愛滋病
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	愛詩病
	Móng Cái	愛詩病
	Mandalay (Taishan)	AIDS病
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	愛滋病
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	愛滋病
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	愛滋病
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	愛滋病
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	愛滋病
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	愛滋病
	Senai (Huiyang)	愛滋病
Southern Min	Xiamen	愛滋病
	Quanzhou	愛滋病
	Zhangzhou	愛滋病
	Shantou	愛滋病
	Jieyang	愛滋病
	Pontianak (Teochew)	愛滋病
Note	† - 艾滋(病) and 愛滋(病) are homophonous

Descendants

• → Zhuang: aiswhbing