耳炎

Chinese

		ear	flame; inflammation; ‑itis
trad. (耳炎)		耳	炎
simp. #(耳炎)		耳	炎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěryán

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěryán
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěryán
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-yen²
    • Yale: ěr-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelyan
    • Palladius: эрянь (erjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/

Noun

耳炎

1. (pathology) otitis; inflammation of the ear

Japanese

Kanji in this term
耳	炎
じ Grade: 1	えん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

耳(じ) (ji, “ear”) + 炎(えん) (-en, “-itis”)

Noun

耳(じ)炎(えん) • (jien) 

1. (pathology) otitis, inflammation of the ear, such as that resulting from ear infection, often causing earache

Derived terms

• 中耳炎(ちゅうじえん) (chūjien): otitis media, inflammation of the middle ear
• 内耳炎(ないじえん) (naijien): otitis interna, inflammation of the inner ear
• 外耳炎(がいじえん) (gaijien): otitis externa, inflammation of the outer ear