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中耳炎

中耳炎

Chinese

		middle ear	flame; inflammation; -itis
simp. and trad. (中耳炎)		中耳	炎

Noun

中耳炎

otitis media, inflammation of the middle ear

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	耳	炎
ちゅう Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1	えん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

中耳 ‎(“middle ear”) +‎ 炎 ‎(“-itis”)

Noun

中耳炎 ‎(hiragana ちゅうじえん, romaji chūjien)

(pathology) otitis media, inflammation of the middle ear

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhōng'ěryán

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄦˇ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ji⁵ jim⁴
Min Nan (POJ): tiong-ní-iām

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōng'ěryán
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄦˇ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongeelyan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ ji⁵ jim⁴
  - Yale: jūng yíh yìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji⁵ jim⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː¹³ jiːm²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-ní-iām
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-ní-iām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongnyiam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ni⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iam²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ni⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ni⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iam²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ni⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iam³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ni⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iam³³/