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肝炎

肝炎

Chinese

		liver	flame; inflammation; -itis
simp. and trad. (肝炎)		肝	炎

Noun

肝炎

(Advanced Mandarin) hepatitis

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肝	炎
かん Grade: S	えん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

肝 ‎(“liver”) +‎ 炎 ‎(“-itis”)

Noun

肝炎 ‎(hiragana かんえん, romaji kan'en)

hepatitis

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gānyán

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ jim⁴
Min Nan (POJ): koaⁿ-iām

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: gānyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganyan
  - IPA ^(key): /ka̠n⁵⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    肝炎
    肝癌
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gon¹ jim⁴
  - Yale: gōn yìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ jim⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ jiːm²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-iām
  - Tâi-lô: kuann-iām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvoaiam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² iam²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuã³³ iam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² iam²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ iam³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ iam³³/