息肉

Chinese

		rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath	meat; flesh
simp. and trad. (息肉)		息	肉
alternative forms		瘜肉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīròu, xíròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄖㄡˋ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄖㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ juk⁶, sik¹ juk^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-lio̍k / siak-lio̍k / sit-jio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siròu
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-jou⁴
    • Yale: syī-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shirow
    • Palladius: сижоу (sižou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síròu
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-jou⁴
    • Yale: syí-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyirow
    • Palladius: сижоу (sižou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sik¹ juk⁶, sik¹ juk^6-2
    • Yale: sīk yuhk, sīk yúk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ juk⁹, sik⁷ juk^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ yug⁶, xig¹ yug^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ jʊk̚²/, /sɪk̚⁵ jʊk̚²⁻³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 息肉 色慾／色欲

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sik-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekliok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: siak-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siakliok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sit-jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitjiok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/

Noun

息肉

1. (medicine) polyp

   大腸息肉／大肠息肉  ―  dàcháng xīròu  ―  colon polyps

Derived terms

• 鼻息肉 (bíxīròu)