流行性

Chinese

		prevalent; widespread; popular prevalent; widespread; popular; in vogue; fashionable	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (流行性)		流行	性
simp. #(流行性)		流行	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúxíngxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ hang⁴ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúxíngxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióusíngsìng
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-hsing²-hsing⁴
    • Yale: lyóu-syíng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushyngshinq
    • Palladius: люсинсин (ljusinsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ hang⁴ sing³
    • Yale: làuh hàhng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ hang⁴ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ heng⁴ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ hɐŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 流行性

1. epidemic

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
流	行	性
りゅう Grade: 3	こう Grade: 2	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

流(りゅう)行(こう)性(せい) • (ryūkōsei) 

1. epidemic nature (being highly contagious)

Usage notes

This term nearly always occurs in compounds, specifically names of epidemic diseases such as 流行性感冒 (“influenza”). The term for an epidemic, or an outbreak of highly contagious disease, is 流行病.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.