窒扶斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (窒扶斯)		窒	扶	斯
simp. #(窒扶斯)		窒	扶	斯

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 窒扶斯 (chifusu, “typhus”), from German Typhus.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìfúsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄙ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chek-hû-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìfúsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhfúsih
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-fu²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: jr̀-fú-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhfwusy
    • Palladius: чжифусы (čžifusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ fu³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-hû-su
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-hû-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekhusw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hu²⁴⁻²² su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ hu¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu²³⁻³³ su⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 窒扶斯

1. (pathology, dated) typhus; typhoid fever

Synonyms

• 傷寒／伤寒 (shānghán)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
窒	扶	斯
ち Grade: S	ふ Grade: S	す Jinmeiyō
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 窒扶斯 – see the following entry.

【チフス】 [noun] (pathology) typhus, typhoid fever

(This term, 窒扶斯, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)

Usage notes

The kanji spelling is ateji (当て字) and is encountered generally in historical sources. Modern usage of the kanji spelling is rare, instead using the katakana spelling of チフス.