梅毒

Chinese

		plum flower	poison; narcotics
trad. (梅毒)		梅	毒
simp. #(梅毒)		梅	毒

Etymology

Named after the ulcer which is similar to plum or yangmei.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méidú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ duk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi-thu̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mûi-to̍k / bôe-to̍k / môe-to̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méidú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méidú
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-tu²
    • Yale: méi-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meidwu
    • Palladius: мэйду (mɛjdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ duk⁶
    • Yale: mùih duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ tʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-thu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: moi^ˇ tug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: moi² tug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ tʰuk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: muî-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'dok
    • IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² tɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² tɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: buê-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe'dok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² tɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: muê-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moe'dok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /muẽ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔk̚⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 梅毒

1. syphilis

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 檨仔

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
梅	毒
ばい Grade: 4	どく Grade: 5
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
梅毒 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 黴毒

Noun

梅(ばい)毒(どく) • (baidoku) 

1. syphilis

   Synonym: 瘡毒 (sōdoku)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
梅	毒

Noun

梅毒 • (maedok or McCune-Reischauer: maedok or Yale: maytok) (hangeul 매독)

1. hanja form^? of 매독 (“syphilis”)