毒瘤

Chinese

		poison; narcotics	tumour
trad. (毒瘤)		毒	瘤
simp. #(毒瘤)		毒	瘤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-liù
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúlióu
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-liu²
    • Yale: dú-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuliou
    • Palladius: дулю (dulju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-liù
    • Hakka Romanization System: tug liuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ liu²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ li̯u¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-liû
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dogliuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² liu²³/

Noun

毒瘤

1. (medicine) malignant tumor
2. (figurative) cultural cancer; blight on society

Synonyms

• (malignant tumor): 惡性腫瘤／恶性肿瘤 (èxìng zhǒngliú)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “malignant tumor”): 良性腫瘤／良性肿瘤 (liángxìng zhǒngliú)