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鼠疫

鼠疫

Chinese

		rat; mouse	epidemic; plague
simp. and trad. (鼠疫)		鼠	疫

Noun

鼠疫

(pathology) plague

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǔyì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu² jik⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chhí-e̍k / chhú-e̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǔyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuuyih
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu² jik⁶
  - Yale: syú yihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy² jik⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyː³⁵ jɪk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhí-e̍k / chhú-e̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tshí-i̍k / tshú-i̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chyek, zhwek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/, /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɪk̚²⁴/, /t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɪk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚¹²¹/, /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/, /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/, /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/