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卵巢

卵巢

Chinese

		ovum	nest
simp. and trad. (卵巢)		卵	巢

Noun

卵巢

(anatomy) ovary

Derived terms

卵巢囊腫／卵巢囊肿 (luǎncháo nángzhǒng)
卵巢炎

卵巢癌 (luǎncháo'ái)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): luǎncháo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon^5-2 caau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): loán-châu / nn̄g-châu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: luǎncháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loanchaur
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon^5-2 caau⁴
  - Yale: léun chàauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen^5-2 tsaau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɵn¹³⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑːu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loán-châu
  - Tâi-lô: luán-tsâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loafnzaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /luan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /luan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡saʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saʊ¹³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̄g-châu
  - Tâi-lô: nn̄g-tsâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nngxzaau
  - IPA (Taipei): /nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ t͡saʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ t͡saʊ²³/