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水痘

水痘

Chinese

		water; river	small pox
simp. and trad. (水痘)		水	痘

Noun

水痘

chickenpox

Synonyms

水花兒／水花儿
(Min Nan) 水珠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	痘
Grade: 1	Grade: S

Noun

水痘 ‎(hiragana すいとう, romaji suitō)

a contagious illness caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV); chickenpox

Synonyms

風痘 (fūtō)
水疱瘡 (mizubōsō)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shuǐdòu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² dou^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): chúi-tāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐdòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeidow
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² dou^6-2
  - Yale: séui dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dou^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ tou̯²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-tāu
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-tāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'dau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taʊ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taʊ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taʊ³³/