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癲癇

癲癇

See also: 癫痫

Chinese

		convulsions; crazy	epilepsy; insanity
trad. (癲癇)		癲	癇
simp. (癫痫)		癫	痫

Noun

癲癇

(medicine) epilepsy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
癲	癇
てん Hyōgaiji	かん Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

癲癇 ‎(hiragana てんかん, romaji tenkan)

(pathology) epilepsy
epileptic fit

Usage notes

Usually written in hiragana.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): diānxián

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢㄒㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ haan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): tian-hân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: diānxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianshyan
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: din¹ haan⁴
  - Yale: dīn hàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ haan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵ hɑːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian-hân
  - Tâi-lô: tian-hân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dienhaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² han²⁴/