乳癌

Chinese

		breast; milk	cancer; carcinoma
simp. and trad. (乳癌)		乳	癌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǔ'ái, rǔyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄞˊ, ㄖㄨˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ ngaam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǔ'ái
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔ-ái
    • Wade–Giles: ju³-ai²
    • Yale: rǔ-ái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruuair
    • Palladius: жу’ай (žu’aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǔyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔyán
    • Wade–Giles: ju³-yen²
    • Yale: rǔ-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruuyan
    • Palladius: жуянь (žujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ ngaam⁴
    • Yale: yúh ngàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ ngaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ ngam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ ŋaːm²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 乳癌

1. breast cancer

Synonyms

• 乳腺癌 (rǔxiàn'ái)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
乳	癌
にゅう Grade: 6	がん Hyōgai
goon	kan'on

Etymology

From 乳 (nyū, “breast”) +‎ 癌 (gan, “cancer”)

Noun

乳(にゅう)癌(がん) • (nyūgan) 

1. (pathology, oncology) breast cancer