患者

Chinese

		misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble; danger; worry; to contract (a disease)	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
simp. and trad. (患者)		患	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huànzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶ ze²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoān-chiá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁶ zia²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huànzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huànjhě
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴-chê³
    • Yale: hwàn-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannjee
    • Palladius: хуаньчжэ (xuanʹčžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁶ ze²
    • Yale: waahn jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²² t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: huān-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxnciar
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²⁻²¹ t͡sia⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹⁻²² t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²²⁻²¹ t͡sia⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /huan³³⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan³³⁻²¹ t͡sia⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁶ zia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huăng tsiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵²/

Noun

患者

1. (countable, medicine) disease sufferer; sick person, patient (Classifier: 名 m; 位 m)

   厭食症患者／厌食症患者  ―  yànshízhèng huànzhě  ―  anorexic (person)

   嚴重傳染病患者／严重传染病患者  ―  yánzhòng chuánrǎnbìng huànzhě  ―  patient with a serious infectious disease

Synonyms

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• 病人 (bìngrén)
• 病患 (bìnghuàn)
• 病號 / 病号 (bìnghào) (colloquial, often humorous, usually in a group or organization)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (患者):

• → Japanese: 患者(かんじゃ) (kanja)
• → Korean: 환자(患者) (hwanja)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
患	者
かん Grade: S	しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3
kan'on	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
患者 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんじゃ [kàńjá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠]

Noun

患(かん)者(じゃ) • (kanja) ^{←くわんじや (kwanzya)?}

1. sufferer, patient

Synonyms

• クランケ (kuranke)

Derived terms

• 患(かん)者(じゃ)図(と)書(しょ)館(かん) (kanja toshokan)
• 患(かん)者(じゃ)満(まん)足(ぞく) (kanja manzoku)

References

• “患者”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
患	者

Noun

患者 • (hwanja) (hangeul 환자)

1. hanja form^? of 환자 (“a medical patient”)