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Definition 2024

息肉

息肉

Chinese

		news; interest; breath news; interest; breath; rest	meat; flesh
simp. and trad. (息肉)		息	肉
alt. forms		瘜肉

Noun

息肉

(medicine) polyp
大腸息肉 / 大肠息肉 ― dàcháng xīròu ― colon polyps

Derived terms

鼻息肉 (bíxīròu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīròu, xíròu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄖㄡˋ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄖㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ juk⁶
Min Nan (POJ): siak-lio̍k / sek-lio̍k / sit-jio̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīròu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄖㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shirow
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: xíròu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄖㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyirow
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ juk⁶
  - Yale: sīk yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ juk⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ jʊk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-lio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: siak-lio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siakliok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɔk̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-lio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: sik-lio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekliok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-jio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: sit-jio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sitjiok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ʑiɔk̚¹²¹/