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痢疾

痢疾

Chinese

		dysentery	sickness; disease; hate sickness; disease; hate; envy
simp. and trad. (痢疾)		痢	疾

Noun

痢疾

dysentery

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): lìjí

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ zat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: lìjí → lìji (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧˊ → ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.jyi
  - IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/ → /li⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁶ zat⁶
  - Yale: leih jaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ dzat⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² t͡sɐt̚²/