腦炎

See also: 脑炎

Chinese

		brain	flame; inflammation; ‑itis
trad. (腦炎)		腦	炎
simp. (脑炎)		脑	炎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎoyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ jim⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): náu-iām / ló-iām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎoyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎoyán
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-yen²
    • Yale: nǎu-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naoyan
    • Palladius: наоянь (naojanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 腦炎／脑炎 腦癌／脑癌

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ jim⁴
    • Yale: nóuh yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ jim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ jiːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: náu-iām
    • Tâi-lô: náu-iām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nawiam
    • IPA (Taipei): /nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iam³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iam²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-iām
    • Tâi-lô: ló-iām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loyiam
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iam⁴¹/

Noun

腦炎

1. (medicine) encephalitis; cerebritis

   • 有個塌鼻子的小男孩兒，因為兩歲時得過腦炎，智力受損，學習起來很吃力。 [MSC, trad.]
     有个塌鼻子的小男孩儿，因为两岁时得过脑炎，智力受损，学习起来很吃力。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 張玉庭 (Zhang Yuting), 《一個美麗的故事》 (A Beautiful Story)

     Yǒu gè tā bízi de xiǎo nánháir, yīnwèi liǎng suì shí déguo nǎoyán, zhìlì shòusǔn, xuéxí qǐlái hěn chīlì. [Pinyin]

     Once there was a little boy who when he was two years old had had encephalitis. This damaged his intellect and made studying very difficult for him.

Derived terms

• 日本腦炎／日本脑炎 (Rìběn nǎoyán)