痙攣

See also: 痉挛

Chinese

		spasm	twisted; bent; crooked twisted; bent; crooked; cramped
trad. (痙攣)		痙	攣
simp. (痉挛)		痉	挛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngluán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging⁶ lyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngluán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngluán
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-luan²
    • Yale: jìng-lwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqluan
    • Palladius: цзинлуань (czinluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ lu̯än³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Note: Often mispronounced as jīngluán.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging⁶ lyun⁴
    • Yale: gihng lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging⁶ lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging⁶ lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ²² lyːn²¹/

Verb

痙攣

1. (medicine) to spasm; to have sudden involuntary muscular contractions

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
痙	攣
けい Hyōgai	れん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

痙(けい)攣(れん) • (keiren) 

1. convulsion, spasm, cramp, twitching

Verb

痙(けい)攣(れん)する • (keiren suru) suru (stem 痙(けい)攣(れん)し (keiren shi), past 痙(けい)攣(れん)した (keiren shita))

1. convulse, spasm, cramp, twitch

Conjugation

Conjugation of "痙攣する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	痙攣し	けいれんし	keiren shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	痙攣し	けいれんし	keiren shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	痙攣する	けいれんする	keiren suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	痙攣する	けいれんする	keiren suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	痙攣すれ	けいれんすれ	keiren sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	痙攣せよ¹ 痙攣しろ²	けいれんせよ¹ けいれんしろ²	keiren seyo¹ keiren shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	痙攣される	けいれんされる	keiren sareru
Causative	痙攣させる 痙攣さす	けいれんさせる けいれんさす	keiren saseru keiren sasu
Potential	痙攣できる	けいれんできる	keiren dekiru
Volitional	痙攣しよう	けいれんしよう	keiren shiyō
Negative	痙攣しない	けいれんしない	keiren shinai
Negative continuative	痙攣せず	けいれんせず	keiren sezu
Formal	痙攣します	けいれんします	keiren shimasu
Perfective	痙攣した	けいれんした	keiren shita
Conjunctive	痙攣して	けいれんして	keiren shite
Hypothetical conditional	痙攣すれば	けいれんすれば	keiren sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

See also

• 引(ひ)き付(つ)け (hikitsuke)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
痙	攣

Noun

痙攣 • (gyeongnyeon) (hangeul 경련)

1. hanja form^? of 경련 (“convulsion, spasm”)