癌症

Chinese

		cancer; carcinoma	disease; illness; indication or sign of disease
simp. and trad. (癌症)		癌	症

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): áizhèng, yánzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˊ ㄓㄥˋ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄥˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngai² zen⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam⁴ zing³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngàm-chṳn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gâm-chèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngam⁵ zêng³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶nge-tsen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áizhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áijhèng
    • Wade–Giles: ai²-chêng⁴
    • Yale: ái-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: airjenq
    • Palladius: айчжэн (ajčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-chêng⁴
    • Yale: yán-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjenq
    • Palladius: яньчжэн (janʹčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngai² zen⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngaizen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai²¹ t͡sən²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaam⁴ zing³
    • Yale: ngàahm jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam⁴ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngam⁴ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːm²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngàm-chṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngamˇ ziin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngam² zin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋam¹¹ t͡sɨn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâm-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: gâm-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gamzexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡam²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡam²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡam¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡam²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngam⁵ zêng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâm tsèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡seŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶nge-tsen
    • MiniDict: nge^去 tsen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nge-tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋe²² t͡sən⁴⁴/

Noun

癌症

1. cancer (disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo proliferation)

   得癌症  ―  dé áizhèng  ―  to have cancer

   對癌症進行篩檢／对癌症进行筛检  ―  duì áizhèng jìnxíng shāijiǎn  ―  to screen for cancer

   癌症宿命論／癌症宿命论  ―  áizhèng sùmìnglùn  ―  cancer fatalism

   癌症再生  ―  áizhèng zàishēng  ―  cancer regeneration

   誘發癌症的主要因素 [MSC, trad.]
   诱发癌症的主要因素 [MSC, simp.]

   yòufā áizhèng de zhǔyào yīnsù [Pinyin]

   the main causes of cancer

Synonyms

• 歹物 (Min Nan)
• 癌病 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese)